Fossil shark teeth
Probably fossilized shark teeth, possibly *Otodus* or *Carcharhinus* species
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Fossil shark teeth
Probably fossilized shark teeth, possibly *Otodus* or *Carcharhinus* species
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose coral fossil in limestone/silica matrix
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoidea (Class) / Calcite (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Megalodon or Carcharocles fragment)
Elasmobranchii (Fossilized tooth root / crown section)
Possible fossilized ammonite or concretion
Indeterminate fossil specimen; possibly an ammonoid mold/cast in iron-rich sedimentary rock
Fossilized Horse Tooth
Equus sp. (fossilized molar)
Fossiliferous Rock (likely Dinosaur Fossil in Matrix)
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Calcium Carbonate/Silica replaced bone material)
Fossilized wood fragment
Petrified wood; commonly silicified fossil wood (SiO₂ replacing organic tissue)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa (Rugose Coral)
Echinoidea (Fossil Sea Urchin)
Echinodermata Echinoidea
Tiger Shark Fossil Tooth
Galeocerdo cuvier (fossilized)
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood, primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing organic tissue
Tooth or shell fragment (likely fossilized marine material)
Indeterminate; possibly a fossil fish tooth or mollusk shell fragment composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Red Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxides)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea
Crinozoan fossil (Crinoid stem fragment)
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa (Order)
Polished fossilized wood (likely petrified wood)
Silicified wood; commonly quartz (SiO₂) replacing wood tissue
Mammoth Tooth
Mammuthus primigenius (Tooth fragment)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa (Tetracoralla)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized oyster shell
Bivalvia; likely an oyster (Ostreidae), partly mineralized with calcite
Polished fossil shell, likely orthocone nautiloid
Orthoceras-type fossil; fossilized cephalopod shell, commonly marketed as Orthoceras
Ammonite Fossil (Polished Section)
Ammonoidea (typically mineralized with Calcite CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles sp. or Striatolamia sp. (Phosphate/Carbonate mineralized Hydroxyapatite)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods), mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) in Fossiliferous Limestone
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Stone or Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3 / Silica - SiO2 replacing original shell)
Fossil Shark Tooth (Otodus obliquus)
Otodus obliquus; hydroxyapatite (mineralized form Ca5(PO4)3(OH))
Brachiopod Fossil (Spiriferid)
Order Spiriferida (Phylum Brachiopoda); mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) or Chert (SiO2)
Fossilized Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus / Striatolamia macrota (mineralized as Hydroxylapatite/Francolite)
Fossil bivalve shell
Likely an internal mold or mineralized shell of a brachiopod or small bivalve; exact taxonomy requires locality and diagnostic details
Shale
Laminated Mudstone
Quartz Vein in Basalt or Mafic Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) vein in volcanic/mafic matrix
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Bioapatite (Calcium Hydroxyapatite) replacement
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharodon carcharias (fossilized) / Hydroxyapatite permineralized with silica or iron
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide) - SiO2
Gossan (Iron Hat)
Goethite-Hematite rich weathered rock (Fe-hydroxides)
Limonite (Iron Ore/Bog Iron)
Hydrated Iron(III) Oxide-Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Quartz Vein in Basalt or Sedimentary Host Rock
Silica-veined lithic fragment (SiO2 in host matrix)
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Matrix
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea
Fossilized Coral (Petrified Coral)
Anthozoa (Scleractinia)