Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Chert (Chert with Crinoid Stem Impression)
Chert (SiO2) with fossil Anthozoan or Crinoid columnals
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. indet.
Liesegang Ring Siltstone
Siltstone with iron oxide Liesegang bands
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz replacing organic cellulose)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Fossil brachiopod shell
Likely spiriferid or strophomenid brachiopod; calcium carbonate (primarily calcite)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Favosites sp. (Calcite, CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Quartzo-feldspathic fossil wood)
Iridescent Ammonite
Ammonoidea (Species: likely Cleoniceras or Desmoceras); Mineral: Aragonite/Ammolite (CaCO3)
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ammonite Fossil (Small Pyritized or Calcitized Internal Mold)
Ammonoidea
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz with Cyanobacteria fossile)
Shiva's Eye (Cat's Eye Shell)
Operculum of Turbo marmoratus
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral cements)
Rugose Coral (Horn Coral) Fossil in Limestone
Order Rugosa (commonly Grewingkia or Zaphrentis genus)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Gastropod Shell
Class Gastropoda (Fossil)
Chert Concretion (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Class) - Often found as Micraster or Clypeaster specimens
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood / Xylopal
Fossilized coral or porous marine limestone
Likely fossil coral (Scleractinia), composed mainly of calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃)
Amber (with potentially inclusions)
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Sandstone (Calcareous or Ferruginous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Likely petrified wood or silicified fossil fragment
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa (Rugose Coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or Rugose Coral)
Antophyllum (Hexagonaria) or Scleractinia (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin, C10H16O)