Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
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Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron Oxide inclusions
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony variety) with green hornblende or chlorite inclusions - SiO2
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Tree Agate (also known as Dendritic Agate)
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2 + Mn/Fe)
Fossil tooth
Mineralized vertebrate tooth; exact animal and species cannot be determined from the image
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of hornblende or chlorite
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary limestone with invertebrate fossil imprint
Amber
Succinite (Approximate formula: C10H16O)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter; exact rank cannot be confirmed visually
Plume Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinate (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Amber / Fossilized Resin
Succinite / Fossilized Tree Resin
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth
Amber
Succinite
Fossil-bearing Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentum cum fossili
Pearl
Nacre (Aragonite and Conchiolin), CaCO3
Amber with dark mineral/organic inclusions
Fossilized plant resin (amber; chiefly polymerized diterpenoid resin)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 composed primarily of quartz)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Dinosaur Claw Fossil
Fossilized Theropod Claw (Vertebrate Palaeontological Specimen)
Jasper
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Megalodon or Carcharocles species fragment)
Otodus megalodon / Carcharocles spp. (Apatite / Calcium Phosphate)
Chert Concretion
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) in Carbonate Matrix
Polished operculum (“Shiva eye” shell)
Calcium-carbonate shell operculum, commonly from a turban snail (family Turbinidae); not a mineral specimen
Shale or Slate
Shale (Sedimentary) or Slate (Metamorphic)
Ironstone concretion / Limonitic Sandstone
Goethite/Hematite Cemented Sandstone (Hydrated Iron Oxide)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial) or Coprolite
Elasmobranchii (fossil) or Coprolite (trace fossil)
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Nut / Coprolite / Concretion
Trace Fossil / Permineralized Plant Material
Amber (possibly rough amber)
Fossilized tree resin; chemically a complex organic mixture, commonly classified as succinite when Baltic in origin
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Tumbled moss agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) with moss-like inclusions
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin