Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcite-rich sedimentary rock with invertebrate fossils (CaCO3)
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Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcite-rich sedimentary rock with invertebrate fossils (CaCO3)
Fossilized Brachiopod in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda embedded in sedimentary limestone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Internal Cast)
Class Gastropoda (Steinkern)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion
Ironstone (Limonite/Goethite/Hematite mixture)
Chert with Crinoid Fossil Impression
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Crinoidea fossil impression
Sandstone
Sandstone (SiO2 with iron oxides and clay)
Common Pebble / Sedimentary Rock Fragment
Lithified clastic sediment
Worn River Pebble with Fossil Indentation
Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Infill
Petrified Coral (Agatized Coral)
Anthozoa (Agatized Fossil)
Sandstone with Dendritic Inclusions
Quartzose Sandstone
Fossil Shark Tooth
Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes (Possibly Cretalamna or Otodus)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid stems
Calcite-rich Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger)
Carcharias sp. (Fossilized Tooth)
River Pebble (Graywacke/Sandstone)
Lithic Sandstone
Vesicular quartz-rich rock, possibly weathered rhyolite or silicified volcanic breccia
Silica-rich volcanic rock; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with altered feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Fossil Coral / Fossilized Coral
Scleractinia (Anthodiscus / Favia / Montastraea fossil)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone (primarily composed of clay minerals and quartz grains)
Sandstone (likely Arkose or Quartz Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Polished Mexican “Crazy Lace” agate tower
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Petrified Wood and Mixed Rocks
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Limestone Pebble with Crinoid Fossil
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose coral fossil (replaced by silica/chalcedony)
Tumbled agate (probable moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron/manganese dendritic inclusions
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Sandstone and Mixed Rock Assemblage
Clastic Sedimentary Rock / Quartz Arenite
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Sandstone (Red)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Crinoid Stem Fossil (in matrix)
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharhinus sp. (likely Bull or Requiem shark family)
Fossiliferous Chert or Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing fossilized marine invertebrates (likely crinoid stems or bryozoans)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)