Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossiliferous limestone, possibly an oyster or other bivalve fossil
Calcite (CaCO₃) shell material preserved in micritic limestone; exact fossil taxon cannot be confirmed from one image
Spinosaurus Tooth Fossil
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Calcium Phosphate/Apatite)
Rugose Coral Fossil
Rugosa (Order)
Tooth or shell fragment (likely fossilized marine material)
Indeterminate; possibly a fossil fish tooth or mollusk shell fragment composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Amber
Succinite (Organic Mineraloid) - C10H16O
Petrified wood
Silicified wood, chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Crinoid Stem Fragment
Crinoid (Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically a flint nodule component)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharocles (Otodus) sp. or similar fossilized Chondrichthyes tooth
Kambaba Jasper
Rhyolite (with Stromatolite fossil inclusions)
Manganese-coated Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock with Manganese Oxide (often Pyrolusite or Psilomelane)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Agatized Dinosaur Bone
Permineralized Dinosaur Bone (Silicified/Agatized Bone)
Fossil-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely containing a brachiopod or bivalve imprint
Amber
Succinite (with formula approximately C10H16O)
Silicified fossil-bearing limestone (likely chert/agate replacement)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing carbonate rock; possible fossiliferous limestone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Weathered limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous or dolomitic
Crinoid Stem Fossil (Indian Bead)
Crinoid ossicle (Echinodermata)
Fossilized Insect in Nodular Matrix
Invertebrata / Insecta fossil in sedimentary concretion
Shark Tooth Fossil
Otodus obliquus (or similar prehistoric lamniform shark tooth)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Calcite / CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Spiriferida), CaCO3 (Calcite)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 dominated sandstone)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Shale
Fissile mudstone (primarily clay minerals and silt-sized quartz)
Coral Fossil
Anthozoa (Scleractinia)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with FeO/Fe2O3)
Fossiliferous Mudstone / River Pebble
Sedimentary rock with trace fossil or inclusion
Shale
Laminated Fissile Pelite
Limestone (River Pebble / Fossiliferous Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Baltic Amber (Black)
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Fossils in Limestone (Crinoid / Marine Invertebrate Fossil)
Fossiliferous Limestone (containing Crinoidea / Brachiopoda)
Likely limestone or calcareous fossil fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; possibly bioclastic limestone (CaCO₃)