Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
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Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Horn Coral Fossil
Rugose coral (Order Rugosa)
Fossilized Gryphaea (Devil's Toenail)
Gryphaea arcuata (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Brown Quartz (Jasper or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Sedimentary rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes dentition (Fossilized Tooth)
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Hematite-rich Concretion (FeCO3 / Fe2O3)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam/Mollusk)
Class: Bivalvia (Order: Veneroida), Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Pebble/Cobble)
Sandstone (arenite is a more precise term for sandstone with less than 15% matrix; this specimen appears to be a lithic or quartz arenite)
Fossil Shell
Invertebrate fossil (Mollusca)
Fossilized Bone (Petrified Bone)
Permineralized Bone Fossil
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone with Chert Nodule
Carbonate rock (CaCO3) with Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) inclusion
Fossiliferous Limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Amber and Citrine Quartz
Succinite (Amber) and Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 / Citrine)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Ferruginous arenite
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossilized bivalve shell
Bivalvia (likely a venerid or similar clam); shell composed mainly of CaCO₃ as aragonite/calcite
Desert Rose (Baryte or Selenite variant)
Barium Sulfate (BaSO4) or Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) with Sand inclusions
Sandstone or Weathered Conglomerate
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone / Lithic Arenite)
Favosites Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Fossilized Brachiopod
Brachiopoda (Class Rhynchonellata or Spiriferida)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Skeletal Element (Likely Vertebrate)
Fossilized Tabulate Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Order: Tabulata)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Pyrite Sun (Pyrite Dollar)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Shale
Argillaceous Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Arenite
Chert (Limonite-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxides
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Shale
Lutaceous sedimentary rock
Sandstone (Calcareous or Quartz-rich)
Arenite
Coquina or Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkose variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 dominated)