Yellow-brown translucent mineral fragment, likely citrine or amber
Quartz (SiO₂), if citrine; succinite (fossil resin), if amber
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Yellow-brown translucent mineral fragment, likely citrine or amber
Quartz (SiO₂), if citrine; succinite (fossil resin), if amber
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Bivalvia (fossil specimen)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (fragment)
Elasmobranchii (Class) fossil
Fossilized Gastropod / Coral
Phylum Mollusca / Cnidaria (Silicified or Calcified)
Polished amber cabochon pendant
Amber (fossilized plant resin), chiefly polymerized succinite; approximate formula C10H16O
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossilized mammoth molar fragment
Proboscidean molar enamel and dentine, commonly Mammuthus spp.
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda embedded in sedimentary rock
Mammoth Molar Fossil
Mammuthus primigenius (Tooth fragment)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petrifaction
Sedimentary rock with fossil inclusions / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossil Shell
Brachiopod or Mollusk fossil
Fossiliferous Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Echinoid Fossil
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Black Limestone with Calcite Veining
Bituminous Limestone (CaCO3 with Organic Carbon inclusions)
Fossil Coral
Phylum Cnidaria / Rugosa or Tabulata
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Fossil-bearing Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentum cum fossili
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Bone
Silicified / Mineralized Fossil (Silica SiO2)
Fossilized Nut / Coprolite / Concretion
Trace Fossil / Permineralized Plant Material
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus (fossilized)
Petrified wood
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing organic tissue
Amber (fossilized tree resin)
Fossilized plant resin; commonly succinite (not a mineral, largely organic polymer)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (likely Sand Tiger Shark)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized hydroxyapatite/calcium phosphate)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia or Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Weathered iron-rich limestone or sandstone
Ferruginous carbonate/siliciclastic rock; likely calcite- and iron-oxide-bearing matrix
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Fossiliferous limestone / shell hash rock
Bioclastic limestone (calcarenite or coquina), dominantly CaCO₃
Mammoth or Mastodon Tooth Fossil
Mammuthus / Mammut tooth
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Crinoids)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Chert Concretion / Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyritized Ammonite
Ammonitida (replaced by Iron Disulfide, FeS2)
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Fossil)
Fossiliferous limestone with a fossil sea urchin
Bioclastic limestone containing an echinoid fossil (class Echinoidea)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) matrix with fossil inclusions
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Tumbled amber-like gemstone
Likely amber (fossilized resin; organic mineraloid), possibly citrine or yellow-brown glass imitation