Fossil Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites / Charlevoix Stone)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Favosites (Cnidaria)
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Fossil Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites / Charlevoix Stone)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Favosites (Cnidaria)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, Chalcedony, or Opal)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Limonitic Sandstone with Inclusion
Limonitic Quartz Sandstone (primarily SiO2 with FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Scapanorhynchus (Sand Tiger Shark relative)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Dendritic Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with manganese/iron oxide inclusions
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silicate-rich)
Coal (Anthracite or Bituminous)
Carbonaceous sedimentary rock (Carbon)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Amber
Succinates (C10H16O)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Limestone (Fossiliferous)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Bioclastic Limestone
Fossilized Crinoid Stem Segment
Crinoid (Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossilized bivalve shell in limestone
Calcitic fossil shell; likely an oyster or other rudist/bivalve (Bivalvia), preserved in carbonate rock
Weathered quartz-rich stone, possibly fossiliferous limestone
Indeterminate; likely calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃) or weathered quartz-bearing rock
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 composed primarily of quartz)
Fossilized Bone
Petrified Bone (Fluorapatite / Calcium Phosphate replacement)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Enrolled Trilobite Fossil
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely Calymene or Flexicalymene)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Chert Nodule / Ironstone Concretion
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Crinoid Fossil
Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Inclusions
Amber
Succinite
Sandstone Concretion with Fossil Wood
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Per mineral content: SiO2, Quartz/Chalcedony)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Gastropod / Crinoid Fossil Rock)
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Silty Shale or Mudstone
Siltstone/Mudstone (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class); likely Lamniformes (order) fossilized in Apatite/Hydroxyapatite
Chert (Arrowhead Point)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Amber
Succinates (Fossilized Tree Resin)