Polished fossilized wood (petrified wood), likely agatized
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide coloration
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Polished fossilized wood (petrified wood), likely agatized
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide coloration
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Eroded)
Carcharodon sp. or Otodus sp. fragment (likely)
Possible fossilized ammonite or concretion
Indeterminate fossil specimen; possibly an ammonoid mold/cast in iron-rich sedimentary rock
Fossilized Crab Carapace (Concretion)
Decapoda (fossil), typically preserved in calcite or siderite concretion
Peanut Wood
Silicified (Petrified) Wood - SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Fossilized coral (likely honeycomb or branching coral)
Fossil coral; probable Scleractinia or Tabulata, composition mainly microcrystalline CaCO₃
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia (typically composed of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Fossilized Brachiopod Shell / Mold
Phylum Brachiopoda (Fossilized organic matrix replaced by Silica/Calcite)
Blue chalcedony (likely dyed or assembled cabochon)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Fossilized bone fragment, possibly dinosaur or large mammal bone
Fossil bone; mineralized apatite (carbonate-fluorapatite), commonly Ca₅(PO₄)₃(F,OH)
Turquoise cabochon (likely stabilized or imitation)
Turquoise, hydrated copper aluminum phosphate: CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Polished moss agate (likely)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂, with included green minerals such as chlorite or hornblende
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing Indeterminate Fossil remains (likely Crinoid stem or Bryozoan fragment)
Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Lepidodendron Fossil (Scale Tree)
Lepidodendron
Travertine
Calcareous Tufa (CaCO3)
Raw turquoise
Turquoise, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O; likely turquoise-bearing rock with pale host matrix
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Fossil Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of Tabulate coral)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class); likely Lamniformes (order) fossilized in Apatite/Hydroxyapatite
Fossil Shark Tooth
Odontaspididae (likely Carcharias sp.)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth (various genera such as Carcharodon, Otodus, or Negaprion)
Fossilized bone, likely a large vertebrate limb or rib fragment
Petrified bone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Petrified Wood with Lichen
Silicified Wood (SiO2) colonized by crustose lichens
Fossilized wood or bone fragment
Indeterminate permineralized organic fossil; possibly silicified wood or fossil bone
Fossilized Mammoth Tooth Fragment
Mammuthus primigenius (or Mammuthus sp.)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. indet.
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Calcite-rich Fossiliferous Marine Limestone
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand pebble)
Glauconitic Quartz Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Decorative opal-like turtle mosaic
Likely imitation or assembled opal material; exact stones cannot be confirmed visually
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Turquoise (likely stabilized or Howlite/Magnesite imitation)
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Basal Bone)
Otodus sp. (Mineralized Hydroxyapatite)
Turquoise inlay or stabilized turquoise jewelry fragment
Turquoise — hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Weathered fossilized wood (likely petrified wood)
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing wood tissue (SiO₂)
Turquoise cabochon ring
Turquoise, hydrated copper aluminum phosphate (CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O); the stones may be stabilized or treated
Emerald and diamond ring
Emerald: beryl, Be3Al2Si6O18, colored green by chromium and/or vanadium; surrounding stones appear to be diamonds, crystalline carbon (C)
Turquoise cabochon ring
Turquoise, hydrated copper–aluminum phosphate: CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Polished carnelian agate
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Tumbled turquoise
Turquoise — hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Beaded mineral/crystal jewelry (likely turquoise and coral accents)
Variable; blue beads may be turquoise (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O), with possible dyed howlite, glass, or composite materials