Cockle Shell Fossil
Cardium (Bivalvia)
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Cockle Shell Fossil
Cardium (Bivalvia)
Fossil Belemnite Guard
Belemnitida (Order), often Hibolites or Neohibolites spp.
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras regulare (Class Cephalopoda; Order Orthocerida)
Limestone with Algal/Lichen Colonization
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossil Solitary Rugose Coral (Horn Coral)
Order Rugosa (e.g., Caninia, Zaphrentis, or Streptelasma)
Limestone (fossiliferous)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ironstone Concretion
Ironstone (Limonite/Goethite/Hematite mixture)
Spinosaurus fossil (permineralized bone)
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Calcium phosphate mineralized with silica/sediment)
Shale
Argillaceous Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized Brachiopod
Brachiopoda (Phylum), likely Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide Fe2O3 cement)
Dog (Sleeping)
Canis familiaris (or Canis lupus familiaris)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide with inclusions) - SiO2
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled agate (probable moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron/manganese dendritic inclusions
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone (Weathered)
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Fossil Shell
Phylum Mollusca (Bivalvia or Brachiopoda)
Sedimentary Rock Fragments
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Dendritic Siltstone
Siltstone with Manganese Dendrites (MnO2)
Honeycomb Coral Fossil
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Rugose Coral Fossil
Rugosa (Order) / Horn Coral
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea subclass (calcium carbonate / silica replacement)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles sp. or similar Lamniformes
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda fossil, composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (Lamniformes order likely)
Crushed Limestone Aggregate
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda
Horn Coral Fossil
Order Rugosa
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Ferruginous Concretion (FeCO3 or Iron Oxides)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Sedimentary rock primarily composed of Calcite (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Limestone (Weathered / Limonite-stained)
Sedimentary carbonate rock (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)