Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon or Carcharias fossil (Vertebrate Fossil)
Category
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Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon or Carcharias fossil (Vertebrate Fossil)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Chert (Chert with Crinoid Stem Impression)
Chert (SiO2) with fossil Anthozoan or Crinoid columnals
Greywacke with Quartz Vein
Greywacke (immature sandstone) with SiO2 inclusions
Graywacke
Graywacke Sandstone (C6H10O5)x - predominantly quartz and feldspar
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
River Rock (Mossy)
Stream-rounded Clast (likely Siltstone or Sandstone with bryophytes)
Weathered iron-rich concretion or laterite fragment
Ferruginous concretion, likely goethite/limonite (hydrated iron oxides) in a clay-rich matrix
Weathered jasper/chert nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron- and clay-stained jasper or chert
Jasper Pebble
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Banded Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Yellow Jasper
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Goethite/Limonite inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion
Goethite-rich Siltstone / Siderite (FeCO3)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with high iron inclusion
Bumblebee Jasper
Calcite-bearing Volcanic Tuff containing Sulfur and Arsenic (Orpiment/Realgar)
Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Calcified / Silicified Wood
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Calamites
Calamites (Pith cast fossil)
Limonite Concretion (Goonie or Rattlestone)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossilized Snail Cast)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Commonly CaCO3 or SiO2 after replacement)
Fossilized Brachiopod or Gastropod
Phylum Brachiopoda / Phylum Mollusca
Shale or Mudstone (Based on appearance)
Shale (fine-grained, laminated fissile sedimentary rock) / Mudstone (fine-grained, non-fissile sedimentary rock)
Iron-rich concretion or weathered ironstone
Goethite–hematite limonite aggregate; commonly described as limonite or ironstone
Tumbled jasper (likely picture jasper or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Echinoid Fossil (Fossilized Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea
Pitted Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Jasper (likely Polychrome or Mookaite variants)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide and hydroxide inclusions
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Belemnoidea (Belemnite Guard)
Belemnitida (calcitic rostrum)
Siltstone Pebble
Siltstone (composed of hydraulic-sorted silt-sized particles)
Glauconitic Sanstone (Glauconite)
Glauconite ((K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Scapanorhynchus (Sand Tiger Shark relative)
Sandstone with Trace Fossils
Quartz Arenite with Bioturbation (Trace Fossils)
Bumblebee Jasper (technically a type of Agate/Anhydrite)
Calcite and Anhydrite with inclusions of Realgar and Orpiment (As2S3)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Polished chert or jasper cobble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called chert; iron-oxide-bearing varieties are jasper
Chert Nodules (with Flint core)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled brown stone, likely jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably iron-stained jasper/chert
Red Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)