Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Category
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Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Quartz Veining
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Coral Fossil Rock (Syringopora)
Syringopora (Organ-pipe Coral fossil in Limestone matrix)
Coral Fossil (Favosites)
Favosites (Extinct genus of tabulate corals)
Fossilized Syringopora (Piping Organ Coral)
Syringopora (Extinct Genus of Tabulate Coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharhinus sp. (likely Bull or Requiem shark family)
Fossilized Tiger Shark Tooth
Galeocerdo cuvier (fossilized hydroxylapatite)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Trilobite Fossil (Flexicalymene)
Flexicalymene ouzregui
Fossilized wood or bone fragment
Indeterminate permineralized organic fossil; possibly silicified wood or fossil bone
Slate
Slate, a fine-grained metamorphic rock composed mainly of mica-group minerals and quartz
Crinoid Fossil in Limestone
Crinoid columnal (Class Crinoidea) in biomicrite
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Class Crinoidea (Sea Lilies)
Fossil Sand Dollar (Echinoidea)
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea (likely Dendraster or Scutella)
Sandstone
Arenite
Amber (specifically Burmese Amber or Burmite)
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Fossil-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with embedded bivalve or brachiopod fossils
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (CaCO₃), likely bioclastic limestone
Crinoid Fossil in Chert
Siliceous limestone with Crinoidea fossil (SiO2)
Fossilized Bark
Lepidodendron / Sigillaria fossil impression
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Spiriferida), CaCO3 (Calcite)
Shale or Mudstone River Pebble
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial)
Elasmobranchii (fossil tooth fragment)
Fossilized Turritella Gastropod (Internal Mold)
Turritella (Fossil Gastropod Crust)
Sandstone Geode
Sedimentary Geode (Silica/Calcite composition)
Light-colored limestone
Calcitic limestone; primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), mineral calcite
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified fossil wood (SiO2)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Shale or Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3
Bivalve Fossil (Shell-bearing Sedimentary Rock)
Class Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca) within a Calcarenite/Sandstone matrix
Fossilized shell fragment
Indeterminate fossil mollusk; likely a silicified or mineral-replaced bivalve/gastropod fragment
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony - SiO2)
Coprolite
Coprolite
Sandstone
Arenite
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Lithostrotionella (Limestone Matrix - CaCO3)
Bivalve Fossil (Fossilized Shell)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized in Calcium Carbonate/Aragonite)