Chert Concretion / Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert Concretion / Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite
Fossiliferous Kalkstein (Marl/Sandstone)
Fossiliferous calcarenite/siltstone
Amber
Succinates (Fossilized Resin)
Gravel / Limestone Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) / Fine-grained Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized Tooth Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil (Mammalia indet.)
Amber in Matrix
Succinite (Carbon-based organic polymer)
Mother of Pearl (Nacre) / Shell Fragment
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin)
Coarse Sand or Fine Gravel
Detrital Sedimentary Fragments (mostly SiO2)
Limestone Pebble with Crinoid Fossil
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Fossiliferous Limestone
Manganese-coated Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock with Manganese Oxide (often Pyrolusite or Psilomelane)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Lithostrotionella (Limestone Matrix - CaCO3)
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (with K,Mg,Fe,Al silicate hydroxide)
Glauconitic Sanstone (Glauconite)
Glauconite ((K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petrifaction
Sedimentary rock with fossil inclusions / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Coquina (Organic Clastic Limestone)
Amber
Succinite (Organic Mineraloid) - C10H16O
Coal (likely Bituminous or Lignite)
Organic Sedimentary Rock (Carbonaceous)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Chert (and Fossilized Brachiopod shell)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled chalcedony (likely moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Limestone Pebble
Sedimentary carbonate rock (CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Moss Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Fossil Bivalve / Ostreid Shell (Hag Stone / Perforated Pebble)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Coal (Bituminous or Anthracite)
Carbonaceous sedimentary rock (primarily Carbon, C)
Limestone with Fossil Inclusion
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Megalodon Shark Tooth (Partial Fossil)
Otodus megalodon (fossilized in Calcium Phosphate/Apatite)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shell in Limestone
Bivalve fossil (CaCO3) in Carbonate Sedimentary Rock
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Gemstone Ring
N/A - Set piece of jewelry, likely Amethyst or Garnet with Diamond or CZ
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz-veined Limestone
Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharhiniformes or Lamniformes (order level fossil)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger or Mackerel Shark)
Carcharias sp. or Otodus sp. replaced by Hydroxylapatite/Calcium Carbonate