Fossilized Coral (Petrified Coral)
Lithostrotionella (example genus) / Scleractinia
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Fossilized Coral (Petrified Coral)
Lithostrotionella (example genus) / Scleractinia
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Limestone with Gastropod Fossil
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Gastropoda inclusion
Amber
Succinite (Organic Gemstone)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Lepidodendron Fossil (Scale Tree)
Lepidodendron
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Inclusions
Limestone with Fossil inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossilized tooth, likely a mammalian tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil tooth; possibly an ungulate or carnivoran tooth
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharodonta (order Lamniformes), likely Carcharias spp.
Botiroidal Chalcedony or Silicified Fossil Coral
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Scleractinia (if fossilized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcite (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 permineralization)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3) containing Crinoid or Brachiopod remains
Ferruginous Sandstone (with possible trace fossils)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Fossiliferous limestone (likely ammonite/gastropod-bearing)
Bioclastic limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharadon sp. (likely Carcharodon carcharias or similar Lamniformes)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. (likely Otodus obliquus) fossil
Fossiliferous Brachiopod in Shale
Brachiopoda (Phylum) preserved in Carbonaceous Shale
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus
Fossilized bone fragment (probable mammalian tooth or bone)
Mineralized bone, commonly hydroxyapatite [Ca5(PO4)3(OH)] replaced or impregnated by silica/calcite
Fossil bivalve shell
Ribbed pectinid or related bivalve; originally calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃), likely partially mineralized
Fossilized Bark
Lepidodendron / Sigillaria fossil impression
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Pyritic Shale
Carbonaceous Shale with Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Chert with Fossil Brachiopod
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Calcitic Brachiopod inclusion
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 with Bioclasts)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Organic Inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous biomicrite / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Likely fossil shell fragment
Indeterminate mollusk fossil; possibly a gastropod or bivalve in limestone
Polished amber
Fossilized tree resin (primarily organic polymerized diterpenes)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (containing bioclasts)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Chert (Fossiliferous Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (River Cobble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)