Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (with K,Mg,Fe,Al silicate hydroxide)
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Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (with K,Mg,Fe,Al silicate hydroxide)
Fossilized bone, likely a large vertebrate limb or rib fragment
Petrified bone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Polished chalcedony (likely moss/ag ate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; probable moss agate or jasper variety
Tumbled agate (likely moss or plume agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, primarily chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin, C10H16O)
Amber
Organic gemstone (Succinite is common if from the Baltic)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide / SiO2)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2)
Fossil tooth fragment
Likely fossilized shark tooth or marine vertebrate tooth; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Fossil Coral / Crinoid Stem section
Anthozoa / Crinoidea fossil
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Amber beads
Amber, fossilized plant resin; largely polymerized terpenoid resin (not a mineral)
Fossil plant impression slab
Fossilized plant compression/impression; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Green Moss Agate / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz with Iron and Manganese inclusions
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (C10H16O)
Amber
Succinite (specifically for Baltic amber); chemical formula approx. C10H16O
Fossilized tooth, likely a mammalian tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil tooth; possibly an ungulate or carnivoran tooth
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (Organic Polymer)
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in sedimentary/volcanic host
Enrolled Trilobite Fossil
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely Calymene or Flexicalymene)
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Class Bivalvia (fossilized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Quartz/Chalcendony replacing organic matter)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 with Siderite/Limonite streaks)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chalcedony (Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Calcite (Zebra Calcite)
Calcite (CaCO3) with trace organic or oxide inclusions
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fossilized Bone
Petrified Bone (Fluorapatite / Calcium Phosphate replacement)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Green Moss Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with inclusions
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Permineralized wood)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Bone (Vertebrate Fossil)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Aragonite/Calcite
Pearl
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of Aragonite or Calcite
Chert (Jasper-rich)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class); likely Lamniformes (order) fossilized in Apatite/Hydroxyapatite
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Purple amethyst crystal specimen
Amethyst, purple variety of quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz (Pink / Ferruginous)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)