Fossilized Bone / Dinosaur Fossil
Fossilized vertebrate bone (permineralized)
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Fossilized Bone / Dinosaur Fossil
Fossilized vertebrate bone (permineralized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3 with organic inclusions)
Petrified Wood (Black / Carbonized)
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz/Chalcedony replacing Organic Matter)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz pseudomorph after wood)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert Concretion
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale
Mudstone (composed primarily of clay minerals like kaolinite, illite, and smectite, with quartz and calcite)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (fossilized matrix/root section)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Limestone with Fossil
Sedimentary limestone, calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Bone (Petrified Bone)
Permineralized Vertebrate Remains
Fossil coral fragment
Likely calcitic colonial coral, possibly fossilized scleractinian coral
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Sandstone Concretion
Arenaceous concretion (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Polished fossilized ammonite or nautiloid shell
Ammonoidea or Nautiloidea; originally aragonitic shell, commonly replaced by calcite or chalcedony
Turritella Agate (Elimia Agate)
Silicified Elimia tenera (formerly misidentified as Turritella)
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Eocene Lamniformes (Mackerel Shark clade)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Dendritic Limestone
Calcite with Manganese Oxide (Manganese Dendrites)
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose coral fossil (replaced by silica/chalcedony)
Fossil Coral (Petoskey / Horn Coral Sliced Button)
Scleractinia / Rugosa (Silurian-Devonian Anthozoa)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharhiniformes or Lamniformes (order level fossil)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Sedimentary rock with Limonite/Goethite cement
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Crinoid Stem in Matrix
Crinoid (Class: Crinoidea)
Fossilized Wood (Petrified Wood) and Associated Rocks
Silicified Wood / Xylopal
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Fossils
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Pink/Red)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Limestone or Sandstone Cobble
Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2)