Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca)
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Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Dendritic Agate (Tree Agate)
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with Manganese or Iron Oxide inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide Fossilized Wood (SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil (Fossilized Shell)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized in Calcium Carbonate/Aragonite)
Honeycomb Coral Fossil
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Tumbled turquoise
Turquoise — hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Botiroidal Chalcedony or Silicified Fossil Coral
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Scleractinia (if fossilized)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Scapanorhynchus (Sand Tiger Shark relative)
Dinosaur Claw Fossil
Fossilized Theropod Claw (Vertebrate Palaeontological Specimen)
Fossilized Dinosaur Bone
Perineralized Bone (Fluorapatite/Quartz replacement)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. or Carcharocles sp. (likely fossilized Chondrichthyes)
Fossilized bivalve shell
Calcitic or aragonitic mollusk shell, commonly Bivalvia; exact species indeterminate
Turquoise (likely stabilized or composite)
Turquoise, hydrated copper aluminum phosphate — CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods) in Carboniferous or Devonian Limestone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon or Carcharias fossil (Vertebrate Fossil)
Copper Composite Turquoise (Purple and Blue)
Composite Hydrous copper aluminum phosphate with bronze/copper matrix binding
Chalcedony (Agate/Seashell replacement)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil Material (Apatite/Calcium Phosphate)
Green glass-like cabochon, likely synthetic glass or resin
Unidentified green transparent material; possibly molded glass, synthetic spinel, or resin
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilized elasmobranch tooth (Apatite/Calcium Phosphate)
Fossilized bone fragment
Petrified bone, mineral-replaced vertebrate bone; exact taxon indeterminate
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or Tabulate Coral)
Scleractinia or Tabulata (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Fossilized Shark Tooth or Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil (likely Carcharodon or similar genus)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii dentition (calcium phosphate / hydroxyapatite)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles sp. or Striatolamia sp. (Phosphate/Carbonate mineralized Hydroxyapatite)
Chert (and Fossilized Brachiopod shell)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Coral
Corallium rubrum
Fossiliferous Limestone with Fossil Fragment
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3 with organic remains)
Palm Wood Fossil
Palmoxylon
Carved turquoise pendant
Turquoise, hydrated copper–aluminum phosphate: CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Dinosaur Skull Fossil (Velociraptor Replica)
Velociraptor mongoliensis fossil specimen in sedimentary matrix
Polished blue chalcedony or glass-like quartz specimen
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly treated or synthetic; exact identification requires testing
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Root Portion)
Selachimorpha (partial specimen)
Fossilized Plant or Tree Bark
Lepidodendron or Sigillaria (example genera)
Petrified Wood / Red Jasper
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Ammolite
Ammolite (Biogenic Aragonite with trace elements; fossils of Placenticeras meeki and Placenticeras intercalare)