Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
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Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (Siliciclastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Bivalve Fossil (Fossilized Shell)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized in Calcium Carbonate/Aragonite)
Fossilized Tiger Shark Tooth
Galeocerdo cuvier (fossilized hydroxylapatite)
Limestone or Sandstone Cobble
Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)
Fighting Conch (Sea Shell)
Strombus alatus (primarily composed of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Red Sandstone
Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Fossil Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with indeterminate biogenic remains
Granite Cobble
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Fossil Brachiopod Cast (Atrypa species)
Phylum Brachiopoda, Class Rhynchonellata, Order Atrypida
Asphalt (Bituminous Rock)
Natural bitumen or Bituminous limestone/sandstone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Lamniformes (order) - likely Cretalamna or Carcharias species
Fossil Coral (Favosites Honeycomb)
Favosites (Genus), Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone containing marine invertebrate fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Fossil Shark Tooth
Lamniform (Mackerel Shark) fossil tooth, likely Otodus or Cretalamna
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood / Xylopal
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (permineralized wood)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz / Chalcedony replacement of organic cellulose)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (mainly Quartz / SiO2)
Belemnite Fossil
Belemnitida (Order of extinct cephalopods)
Murex Fossil
Muricidae (Calcium Carbonate fossilization)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony - SiO2)
Fossilized Bivalve Shell (Fossilized Clam)
Bivalvia (class) / CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Turritella Agate / Fossiliferous Limestone
Elimia tenera (commonly mislabeled as Turritella in chalcedony/calcite matrix)
Fossilized Gastropod Shell
Gastropoda (Fossilized internal mold or shell body)
Rugose Coral Fossil
Order Rugosa
Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Lepidodendron Fossil (Scale Tree)
Lepidodendron
Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Fossilized Coral
Rugosa or Tabulate Coral Fossil (Replacement by Silica/Calcite)
Fossilized Coral
Rugose coral / Tabulate coral fossil in limestone matrix
Fossilized Sand Dollar
Echinoidea (Clypeasteroida)
Fossilized Bone / Dinosaur Fossil
Fossilized vertebrate bone (permineralized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Ammonite Fossil (Iridiscent)
Ammonoidea (subclass)