Gastropod Steinkern (Internal Mold Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class); Internal mold or 'Steinkern' composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Sedimentary matrix
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Gastropod Steinkern (Internal Mold Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class); Internal mold or 'Steinkern' composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Sedimentary matrix
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Coprolite
Coprolite
Sandstone (with potential trace fossils)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Limestone Pebble
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone Cobble
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calclutite / Bio-calcarenite (CaCO3)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Banded Sandstone (Hag Stone)
Arenite Sandstone (SiO2 with impurities)
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Coralline Inclusions)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Greenstone (Epidote/Chlorite-rich Metabasalt)
Greenschist / Epidosite (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coral Fossil (Favosites)
Favosites (Extinct genus of tabulate corals)
Bryozoan Fossil
Phylum Bryozoa (commonly known as 'moss animals')
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Aragonite
Aragonite (Carbonate mineral), CaCO3
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Piddock bored rock (Boring Stone)
Ichnofossil-bearing Limestone or Mudstone (trace fossils by Pholadidae)
Sandstone with Liesegang Rings
Arenite with secondary Iron oxide (Limonite/Goethite) precipitation
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation containing Hematite (Fe2O3) and Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Chert (Common Opal/Agate inclusion)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Travertine (Tufa)
Chemical Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3)
Limestone (Flagstone)
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclastic Inclusions
Shale
Fissile Mudrock (Clay-rich Sedimentary Rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal)
Bioclastic Limestone (predominantly CaCO3)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey-like or Favosites)
Anthozoa (Fossilized Coral)
Sandstone with Trace Fossils
Arenite with Ichnofossils
Chalk
CaCO3 (primarily Calcium Carbonate), biogenic sedimentary rock
Sandstone (with Lichen)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Pearl (as a biogenic mineral/gemstone)
Calcium Carbonate (mostly Aragonite), CaCO3
Shale with Siltstone layering
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Mudstone/Shale)
Fossilized Favosites (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Genus), Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa
Shale
Fissile Mudstone (primarily composed of phyllosilicate minerals like kaolinite, montmorillonite, and illite)
Pumice
Pumice (Vesicular Rhyolite/Andesite)
Chert
Siliceous sedimentary rock (predominantly microcrystalline quartz, SiO2)
Sugilite
Sugilite (KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone with fossil inclusions (CaCO3)