Weathered limestone
Calcitic limestone, mainly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
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Weathered limestone
Calcitic limestone, mainly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Chert
Crinoid columnal ossicles (phylum Echinodermata) embedded in microcrystalline quartz (chert)
Crinoid Stalk in Limestone
Crinoid fossil in Biomicrite (Limestone)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Rounded iron-rich pebble
Likely hematite/goethite-bearing quartzite or ironstone; exact identification requires testing
Green-and-gold apatite-bearing rock, possibly epidote skarn
Apatite-group mineral, commonly fluorapatite (Ca₅(PO₄)₃F), with probable epidote and quartz; exact identification requires testing
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods) in Carboniferous or Devonian Limestone
Fossiliferous Sandstone Pebble (with Crinoid / Shell Impression)
Sandstone containing fossiliferous inclusions (SiO2 matrix with calcite/silica cast fossil)
Polished turquoise
Turquoise — hydrated copper–aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate matrix with macrofossils (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (likely Sand Tiger Shark)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized hydroxyapatite/calcium phosphate)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Sandstone concretion
Arenite sedimentary rock (concretion/nodule)
Fossilized Bone Chunk
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (indeterminant)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcarenite/bioclastic limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly microcrystalline to granular SiO₂, possibly with mica and feldspar
Limonite (Iron-rich Siltstone / Sandstone base)
Hydrous ferric oxide mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fossilized Vertebra
Chordata fossil (Vertebra)
Fossil Shell
Invertebrate fossil (Mollusca)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Sea Urchin Fossil
Echinoidea (test/fossil)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (fossilized matrix/root section)
Tumbled rhodonite
Rhodonite, manganese inosilicate (MnSiO₃), commonly mixed with quartz and manganese oxides
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (Ironstone Phosphorite)
Ferruginous Sandstone (variable Fe-oxide/hydroxide composition)
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Matrix
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea) in Limestone/Siltstone matrix
Tumbled, weathered limestone or calcareous concretion
Calcite-rich limestone; predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Starfish Fossil
Asteroidea fossil
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Quartz-rich breccia or altered granite fragment
Polymineralic quartz–feldspar rock, likely hydrothermally altered granite/pegmatite
Mosasaur Tooth
Mosasaurus beaugei (Fossilized Tooth)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Selachii fossil
Iron-rich breccia (likely hematite–goethite breccia)
Hematite (Fe₂O₃) and goethite (FeO(OH)) in a silicified or iron-cemented breccia
Dark river-worn cobble, possibly basalt or fine-grained volcanic rock
Likely basaltic rock; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Brecciated quartz-rich rock, possibly silicified breccia
Silica-rich breccia; chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with possible calcite and iron-oxide staining
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal)
Calcite-bearing bioclastic packstone (CaCO3)
Chert or flint with chalcedony/quartz veins
Microcrystalline silica: primarily quartz (SiO₂), including chalcedony; possible fossiliferous limestone or silicified material
Fossilized Coral (Petrified Coral)
Anthozoa fossil