Fossiliferous Limestone (Shell Fragment)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
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Fossiliferous Limestone (Shell Fragment)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Gritstone/Marl)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) with Fossil Inclusions
Megalodon Shark Tooth (Partial Fossil)
Otodus megalodon (fossilized in Calcium Phosphate/Apatite)
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth (Fossil)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized dentin/enameloid)
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, possibly fossil wood or bone
Indeterminate silicified/carbonate fossil in sandstone or mudstone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossil bone fragment, likely vertebrate limb or rib bone
Fossilized bone (apatite-rich hydroxyapatite, Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH); exact taxon indeterminate
Fossilized bivalve shell
Calcitic or aragonitic mollusk shell, commonly Bivalvia; exact species indeterminate
Fossil bivalve shell
Likely an extinct or modern-like ribbed cockle/scallop; exact genus requires locality and diagnostic hinge features
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Concretion (likely iron-rich sandstone or claystone concretion)
Diagenetic carbonate/iron-oxide concretion; exact mineralogy requires testing
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth
Dinosaur Claw Fossil
Fossilized Theropod Claw (Vertebrate Palaeontological Specimen)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Elasmobranchii dentition (fossilized)
Petrified Bone Pebble
Silicified Fossilized Bone
Petrified Wood
Fossilized Wood (silicified wood)
Chert Pebble (with fossil shell fragment)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Calcified Invertebrate Impression
Fossilized leaf or plant impression in shale
Carbonized/impressed plant fossil, likely in fine-grained shale or mudstone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Iron-stained fossiliferous rock, possibly fossil wood
Likely silicified/petrified wood in iron-rich silica matrix; exact identification requires microscopy
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), often chalcedony
Shale with Coprolite influence
Argillaceous sedimentary rock (Shale/Mudstone)
Agatized Fossil (Druzy Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) replacing organic matter
Limestone (containing Fossil Mold)
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert / Flint (with Crinoid Stem Molds)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized tooth fragment, possibly a mammalian tooth
Indeterminate fossil tooth; enamel and dentine, taxon not identifiable from this fragment
Orbicular granite (likely Rapakivi-type granite)
Granite, chiefly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and biotite/hornblende
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (composition: CaCO3)
Sandstone (with potential fossil inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. (approximate genus) / Hydroxyapatite fossil
Dinosaur Fossil (Skull)
Dinosauria fossilis (Petrified Hydroxyapatite / Calcium Carbonate)
Pink shell fragment
Calcium carbonate, likely aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃); probably a bivalve or gastropod shell fragment
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood; primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing woody tissue
Fossiliferous Limestone with Coral Imprint
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossil gastropod shell
Fossilized marine gastropod; exact genus/species requires locality and examination
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Weathered chert or silicified limestone
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert formed by silicification of carbonate rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Fossilized Bone
Vertebrate Fossil Fragment (Calcium Phosphate / Hydroxyapatite)