Fossilized Coral
Rugose coral / Tabulate coral (Calcium carbonate, CaCO3)
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Fossilized Coral
Rugose coral / Tabulate coral (Calcium carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Crinoids)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii gen. sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate - Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl))
Fossilized Gastropod / Coral
Phylum Mollusca / Cnidaria (Silicified or Calcified)
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Seashell (Cone Snail Shell)
Conus sp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Fossilized Wood (SiO2 replacing organic matter)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Fossilized Coral)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3 with fossil fragments)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (Class) fossil - possibly Odontaspididae family
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Ammonite Fossil (Polished Half / Cleoniceras)
Ammonoidea (Subclass), often Cleoniceras genus; fossilized with Calcite (CaCO3) and Aragonite
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Chert (or Fossiliferous Limestone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mammoth Tooth
Mammuthus tooth fossil
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Selachimorpha (Chondrichthyes dental fossil)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous biomicrite / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tree Agate
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossilized Shell in Limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock with Bivalvia or Brachiopoda remains
Blue glassy cabochon, likely blue quartz or synthetic glass
Possibly dyed blue chalcedony/quartz (SiO₂); visual identification is inconclusive
Olive Sea Shell Fossil
Oliva sp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone with Vitrinite/Coal inclusions
Arenite with Carbonaceous inclusions
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Anterior/Lateral)
Otodus megalodon or Carcharodon carcharias (fossilized)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharodon carcharias (fossilized) / Hydroxyapatite permineralized with silica or iron
Small seashell fossil or shell fragment
Likely calcium-carbonate shell material, chiefly aragonite or calcite; exact species indeterminate
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Red Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper variation)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Flower Jasper
Agatized Fossil Coral / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Coral)
Petrified Wood
Fossilized plant material (Silicon dioxide - SiO2)
Favosites Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Extinct genus of Tabulate Coral)
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth (Fossil)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized dentin/enameloid)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (fossilized matrix/root section)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Lamniformes (order) fossil
Fossilized bone fragment
Petrified vertebrate bone; mineralized hydroxyapatite replaced or infilled by silica/carbonates
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Quartz/Chalcendony replacing organic matter)
Coal (Bituminous Coal)
Caustobiolith / Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized coral or silicified organic limestone
Likely fossil coral (Scleractinia/Tabulata) replaced or cemented by calcite and silica; exact identification requires close examination