Limestone with Fossil Inclusions
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
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Limestone with Fossil Inclusions
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Chert (Chert / Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Limestone (Weathered Pebble)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) / Limestone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily quartz/chalcedony replacing organic wood structure)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Calcareous Tufa / Limestone Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Light-colored limestone (probable fossiliferous or micritic limestone)
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; predominantly CaCO₃ (calcite)
Coal
Coal (Sedimentary Rock / Organic Rock)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (FeO(OH)·nH2O / Fe2O3)
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (often found as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Coquina or Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Fossilized ammonite
Ammonoidea (likely a ribbed Jurassic–Cretaceous ammonite), replaced mainly by calcite or silica
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Shale Matrix
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Brachiopod or Mollusk shell fragments
Abalone Shell / Mother of Pearl
Haliotis sp. (Nacreous shell layer)
Calligraphy Stone
Fossiliferous Limestone (containing Hematite and Shells)
Calamites (Fossil Plant)
Calamites (Genus), belonging to the class Equisetopsida
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Iron oxide concretion (contains FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon based fossil fuel)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Limestone
Sandstone (Quartz-rich)
Sandstone (SiO2 dominated)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 primary)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
River Stone (likely Mudstone or Siltstone)
Lutite (Clastic sedimentary rock composed of clay and silt-sized particles)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone ((K, Na)(Fe3+, Al, Mg)2(Si, Al)4O10(OH)2)
Tufa (Limestone)
Calcareous Tufa (CaCO3)
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized oyster shell
Bivalvia; likely an oyster (Ostreidae), partly mineralized with calcite
Limonite Concretion
Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fossil Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of Tabulate coral)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone precursor)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (principally SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide cement)
Sandstone Cobble
Arenite (Sandstone)
Sandstone Cobble
Arenite (predominantly Quartz Sandstone)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz / Chalcedony replacement)