Weathered flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
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Weathered flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
Fossiliferous Limestone (Gritstone/Marl)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) with Fossil Inclusions
Pearl
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin), CaCO3
Fossilized shark tooth
Fossil shark tooth; exact shark species cannot be determined from this image
Shark Tooth Fossil
Selachii fossil
Fossilized shell fragment
Indeterminate fossil mollusk; likely a silicified or mineral-replaced bivalve/gastropod fragment
Tumbled brown chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/jasper
Fossil bivalve shell
Likely an internal mold or mineralized shell of a brachiopod or small bivalve; exact taxonomy requires locality and diagnostic details
Fossil shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth, possibly *Carcharocles* or *Otodus* species
Fossiliferous limestone, likely coralline or stromatolitic
Biogenic limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Crinoid Stem
Class Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Chert or fine-grained slate-like stone
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly siliceous shale or slate
Ironstone Concretion
Ironstone (Limonite/Goethite Concretion)
Botryoidal calcite (likely calcite concretion)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Calcite (likely honey/orange calcite)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Sandstone concretion (Ironstone-stained)
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite staining (Silica-based with Iron Oxides)
Fossilized mammalian tooth fragment
Likely a fossil molar or premolar; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Possible fossil tooth or bone fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate material; species cannot be identified reliably from this image
Conical fossil shell or shell fragment
Likely a gastropod shell fragment; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Fossil Shark Tooth (Otodus obliquus)
Otodus obliquus; hydroxyapatite (mineralized form Ca5(PO4)3(OH))
Fossil Shark Tooth
Odontaspididae (likely Carcharias sp.)
Fossilized tooth, likely a shark tooth
Fossil vertebrate tooth; exact taxon uncertain, possibly Otodus/Carcharodon-type
Fossilized gastropod shell
Fossil Mollusca, class Gastropoda; likely a mineral-replaced or partially silicified shell
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda in Sedimentary Matrix (CaCO3)
Pearl oyster shell with cultured pearls
Mollusk shell (likely Pinctada spp.) containing aragonite pearls, CaCO₃
Fossilized bone
Petrified bone; commonly fossil vertebrate bone composed largely of hydroxyapatite and silica/calcite replacement minerals
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharocles (Otodus) sp. or similar fossilized Chondrichthyes tooth
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Banded chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint with pale silica bands
Polished fossil shell fragment
Fossilized bivalve or gastropod shell, likely calcitic/aragonitic carbonate
Fossil-bearing ironstone or weathered concretion
Indeterminate; likely ferruginous sandstone/concretion containing a partial fossil impression
Polished chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony-rich chert/jasper
Fossil shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth, possibly Carcharhinus or Otodus species
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class) fossilized tooth
Fossilized Brachiopod
Articulata (Class) / Brachiopoda (Phylum)
Porous limestone fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly bioclastic limestone
Limestone (Fossiliferous)
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Chert (likely flint-bearing chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/quartz aggregate)