Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii gen. sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate - Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl))
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Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii gen. sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate - Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl))
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii dentition (calcium phosphate / hydroxyapatite)
Limestone with Chert or Siltstone bands
Sedimentary carbonate rock (CaCO3) often with siliceous impurities
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Chert Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished fossiliferous agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂) containing fossil fragments, likely an agatized limestone or stromatolite
Coal (Anthracite or Bituminous)
Carbonaceous sedimentary rock (Carbon)
Fossil Coral
Rugosa or Tabulata / Hexacorallia (replaced with silica or calcite)
Fossil Coral (Favosites)
Favosites (Order: Tabulata, Phylum: Cnidaria)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz SiO2)
Shale (possibly Carbonaceous or Oil Shale)
Laminated Mudstone (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcite-rich Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Chert (Nodular or Fossiliferous)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Polished petrified wood
Silicified fossil wood, chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Goethite Concretion
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class) fossilized tooth
Limestone
Sedimentary rock composed mainly of calcite (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (mainly Quartz / SiO2)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Petrified Osseous Material
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossil Snail Internal Mold)
Class Gastropoda (Internal Mold)
Weathered limestone fragment
Calcitic limestone (mostly CaCO₃; possibly micritic limestone)
Limestone with Lichen
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Endolithic/Epilithic Lichen
Polished fossil coral
Agatized or silicified coral, commonly fossilized stony coral (Scleractinia); exact genus cannot be determined from the image
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil in Sedimentary Matrix
Fossiliferous Mudstone (Class: Bivalvia)
Geode (unopened)
Chert / Chalcedony Geode (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Amber
Succinited (fossilized tree resin)
Amber
Succinite / Fossilized Resin (C10H16O)
Chert (Siliceous Mudstone variant)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Enrolled Trilobite Fossil
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely Calymene or Flexicalymene)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Bone
Petrified Bone (Fluorapatite / Calcium Phosphate replacement)
Fossilized Shark Teeth
Otodus sp. (Eocene Sand Tiger/Mackerel Shark)
Limestone (Porous/Travertine variant)
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Coquina (composed primarily of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Resin)