Tumbled dark stone, possibly chert or basalt
Indeterminate; likely fine-grained basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene) or microcrystalline chert (quartz, SiO₂)
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Tumbled dark stone, possibly chert or basalt
Indeterminate; likely fine-grained basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene) or microcrystalline chert (quartz, SiO₂)
Fossilized shell fragment, likely bivalve
Bivalvia indet.; commonly preserved as calcite (CaCO₃) shell material
Flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely flint/chert
Banded chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/jasper with iron-oxide staining
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Carved limestone architectural fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly weathered fossiliferous or oolitic limestone
Rounded brown pebble, likely chert or iron-stained quartzite
Chert (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or quartzite (recrystallized quartz, SiO₂)
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Yellow-brown chert or silicified rock
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chert
Fossil coral or shell fragment
Indeterminate calcareous fossil; likely aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone containing possible brachiopod or coral fossil impressions
Stromatolite
Biogenic sedimentary rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Dark flint or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony with possible moganite
Flint (chert), likely brown flint
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Likely fossilized shell or carbonate concretion
Indeterminate biogenic calcium carbonate, commonly calcite (CaCO₃)
Sandstone concretion
Arenite sedimentary rock (concretion/nodule)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial) or Coprolite
Elasmobranchii (fossil) or Coprolite (trace fossil)
Polished brown flint/chert (likely)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedonic flint/chert)
Banded Chert / Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely flint/chert
Chert (likely brown flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedonic quartz aggregate)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Tahitian Pearl
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite), CaCO3
Seashell fragment
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Seashell Fossil
Mollusca (Bivalvia)
Banded chert or siliceous sedimentary rock
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide staining and possible carbonate/clay layers
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Tumbled chert or chalcedony pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/chalcedony
Petrified Wood with Lichen
Silicified Wood (SiO2) colonized by crustose lichens
Chert or silicified rock fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert with iron-oxide staining
White coral limestone (probable fossiliferous limestone)
Calcite (CaCO₃), commonly derived from aragonitic coral skeletons recrystallized to calcite
Tumbled yellow-brown stone, likely chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chert/jasper
Polished septarian nodule
Calcite–aragonite–barite septarian concretion, commonly in a claystone or limestone matrix
Mosasaur Tooth Fossil
Mosasauridae (likely Prognathodon or Mosasaurus)
Possible fossilized bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate material; mineralized hydroxyapatite replaced or coated by silica/carbonate
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone, CaCO₃, with possible fossil or shell fragments
Weathered chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert; exact variety uncertain from photo