Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (fossilized calcium carbonate)
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Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (fossilized calcium carbonate)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (primarily composed of Calcite, CaCO3)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (Calcium carbonate or Pyrite replacement)
Belemnite Fossil
Belemnitida (Order within Cephalopoda)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (fossil order), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Trilobite Fossil
Trilobita (Class), likely Phacopid or Asaphid order
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (typically preserved as Calcite or Aragonite)
Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil
Otodus megalodon (fossilized in sedimentary matrix)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class); likely Lamniformes (order) fossilized in Apatite/Hydroxyapatite
Ironstone with Pyrite
Ferruginous Sandstone (Fe2O3) with minor Sulfide minerals (FeS2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Rugose Coral Fossil
Order Rugosa
Coquina / Shelly Sandstone
Calcareous Sandstone / Coquina
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Permineralized wood)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Goethite Concretion
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Fossiliferous Sandstone (SiO2 composition)
Sandstone (likely Siltstone variety)
Arenite / Siltstone (primary mineral SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon carcharias (modern/recent) or similar Lamniform fossil
Petrified Wood Agate
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide with Manganese or Iron Oxide inclusions (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement
Enrolled Trilobite Fossil
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely Calymene or Flexicalymene)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3 with fossil fragments)
Seashell (Cone Snail Shell)
Conus sp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Coral
Cnidaria fossil / Calcite-replaced coral
Coral limestone / fossil coral
Biogenic calcium carbonate, chiefly aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃); likely fossilized colonial coral
Sandstone
Arenicola (comprising mostly Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 permineralization)
Fossilized Coral
Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Fossiliferous Limestone (Pink/Red)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Sandstone with Quarzite clasts
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkose variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic Sandstone)