Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial)
Elasmobranchii (fossil tooth fragment)
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Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial)
Elasmobranchii (fossil tooth fragment)
Shale or Siltstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Variable mineral composition including quartz and clay minerals)
Petrified Wood with Lichen
Silicified Wood (SiO2) colonized by crustose lichens
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate matrix with macrofossils (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Fossil Bivalve / Ostreid Shell (Hag Stone / Perforated Pebble)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii fossil (likely Cretalamna or Squalicorax genus)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) permineralized organic matter
Fossiliferous shale or slate with plant impressions
Carbonaceous mudstone/shale; possible fossil plant material (often fern-like impressions)
Siltstone with plant fossil impression
Sedimentary rock with Archaeopteris or Calamites flora impression
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃), with fossil shell fragments
Sandstone with Fossil Leaf Impression
Sedimentary rock (Sandstone/Siltstone matrix) with Carbonaceous film fossil
Mammoth or Mastodon Tooth Fragment
Mammuthus / Mammut molar fragment
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement, SiO2)
Dinosaur Bone (Gembone)
Silicified Dinosaur Bone (SiO2 replacing organic tissue)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Likely fossil oyster shell
Fossilized bivalve shell; exact species cannot be identified from the image
Fossilized wood fragment
Petrified wood; commonly silicified fossil wood (SiO₂ replacing organic tissue)
Weathered limestone or calcareous fossil fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Seashell (Cone Snail Shell)
Conus sp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil
Tumbled coral fragment (likely white calcitic coral)
Calcium carbonate, primarily aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃); exact coral genus cannot be determined from the image
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Bivalve seashell
Calcareous shell, primarily aragonite (CaCO₃); likely a modern cockle or related bivalve
Fossil gastropod shell
Fossilized marine gastropod; exact genus/species cannot be determined from the image
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2-dominant)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized ammonite fragment
Ammonoidea; likely an ammonite suture-section specimen, commonly Jurassic–Cretaceous
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper containing fossilized inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities and biogenic inclusions
Petrified wood
Silicified fossil wood, commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing woody tissue
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger or Mackerel Shark)
Carcharias sp. or Otodus sp. replaced by Hydroxylapatite/Calcium Carbonate
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert Pebble (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Shell Fragment / Mother of Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Aragonite/Calcite biomineral