Fossiliferous Brachiopod in Shale
Brachiopoda (Phylum) preserved in Carbonaceous Shale
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Fossiliferous Brachiopod in Shale
Brachiopoda (Phylum) preserved in Carbonaceous Shale
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ / Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (variant Flint/Jasper)
Microcrystalline Opaline Silica (SiO2)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Class Bivalvia (Likely a member of the Ostreidae or Gryphaeidae family), CaCO3
Amber / Copal
Fossilized Tree Resin (Succinate)
Pickled Dragon Eggs (Fictional Interpretation: Purple Agate or Amethyst Geodes)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Red Sandstone (Siltstone/Mudstone variety)
Ferruginous Sandstone (composed primarily of Quartz with Hematite cementation)
Pyrite
Pyrite (Iron Disulfide), FeS2
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (Mookaite variety likely)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Septarian Nodule (Dragon Stone)
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 with Siderite and Calcite)
Septarian Nodule or Mud Crack Fossil
Septarian Nodule (Concretion)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Septarian Nodule (Dragon Stone)
Septarian Geode (CaCO3 + Mg + Fe)
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Brecciated or Veined)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (yellow/cream variety)
SiO₂ (Cryptocrystalline Quartz)
River Stone (likely Mudstone or Siltstone)
Lutite (Clastic sedimentary rock composed of clay and silt-sized particles)
Amber Inlay Jewelry
Fossilized Resin (C10H16O)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus / Striatolamia macrota (mineralized as Hydroxylapatite/Francolite)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Smooth River Pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Fossil Coral (Favosites Honeycomb)
Favosites (Genus), Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper (Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of Hematite or Goethite
Red Jasper or Chert
Jasper (SiO2, a variety of chalcedony with iron oxide impurities), Chert (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, SiO2)
Arid Sandy Loam
Arenosols / Regosols
Amber
Succinite (with formula approximately C10H16O)
Quartz (vein quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
Jasper (Petrified Wood variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Stromatolite (Jasper-replaced)
Fossilized Stromatolite (Cyanobacteria / Cryptozon / Silica SiO2)
Grey and White Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Tan/Yellow Chert)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Chert (Flint Pebbles)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)