Limestone pebble
Sedimentary rock, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
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Limestone pebble
Sedimentary rock, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharocles megalodon or similar extinct shark tooth
Fossilized Shell
Invertebrate fossil (Bivalvia or Brachiopoda)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Peanut Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Araucaria with Teredo boreholes)
Fossilized Vertebra
Chordata fossil (Vertebra)
Fossil crocodilian skull and jaws
Crocodyliform fossil; exact genus and species cannot be determined from the image
Coral Fossil (Scleractinia)
Scleractinia (Order), primarily CaCO3 (Aragonite or Calcite)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3)
Weathered fossil shell fragment
Likely a bivalve or gastropod shell, composed mainly of biogenic calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Calcite-rich Fossiliferous Marine Limestone
Coal (likely bituminous coal)
Bituminous coal; predominantly carbon with organic macerals and minor clay/pyrite
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth fossil
Polished amber
Fossilized tree resin; chiefly polymerized diterpenoid resin (succinite when Baltic-type)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods) in Carboniferous or Devonian Limestone
Rounded limestone or dolostone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly dolostone (CaMg(CO₃)₂)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil Coral / Crinoid Stem section
Anthozoa / Crinoidea fossil
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Lamniformes (order) fossil
Seashell Fragment
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) - primarily Aragonite or Calcite
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger Shark type)
Carcharias sp. (likely Odontaspis)
Dinosaur Bone (Gembone)
Agatized Dinosaur Bone (Silicified Paleo-osteoid)
Fossil Shell (Brachiopod or Mollusk)
Phylum Brachiopoda or Class Bivalvia (e.g., Mucrospirifer or similar genus)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Petrified Wood and Mixed Rocks
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth, possibly Carcharhinus or a related requiem shark
Fossil bivalve shell fragment
Likely a ribbed oyster or scallop-type bivalve; exact genus requires locality and preservation details
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate) with Fossil Inclusions
Fossil gastropod shell
Gastropoda; species cannot be determined from the image
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 as Quartz/Chert/Chalcedony)
Fossilized Coral in Chert
Anthozoa (Class) fossil in Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (Calcium carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate with Fossils)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Mammoth Tooth
Mammuthus tooth fossil
Shark Tooth Fossil
Elasmobranchii fossil (likely Carcharias or Odontaspis sp.)