Coal (Bituminous / Anthracite)
Carbonaceous Sedimentary Rock (C)
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Coal (Bituminous / Anthracite)
Carbonaceous Sedimentary Rock (C)
Chert Nodule in Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Pectinid or related scallop bivalve; shell originally composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Weathered fossil-bearing limestone, possibly coral or shell limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃); fossil identity is uncertain from the photograph
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (with Iron Oxide)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petrifaction
Sedimentary rock with fossil inclusions / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Polished fossiliferous limestone, likely fossil shell fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly bioclastic/coquina limestone
Fossil brachiopod shell
Brachiopoda; exact genus/species indeterminate
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with fossil shell fragments
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Turtle Stone / Septarian Nodule (Fragment)
Septarian Concretion (Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone)
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Coralline Inclusions)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mosasaur Jaw Fossil in Matrix
Mosasaurus (family Mosasauridae) in Phosphate Sandstone
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Class Crinoidea (Phylum Echinodermata), often preserved in Limestone or Calcite (CaCO3)
Stromatolite (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Tabulate Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Order: Tabulata)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid columnal (Class Crinoidea)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Calcite (CaCO3) with Bioclastic inclusions
Limestone with Fossil Fish Fragment
Calcite (CaCO3) containing a fossil teleost
Cut limestone masonry
Calcitic limestone, predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Limestone (Fossiliferous)
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Petrified Coral Fossil
Rugose or Tabulate Coral (Hexagonaria or similar fossilized cnidarian)
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger or Mackerel Shark)
Carcharias sp. or Otodus sp. replaced by Hydroxylapatite/Calcium Carbonate
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharocles megalodon or similar extinct shark tooth
Fossilized bone fragment (probable vertebrate bone)
Permineralized bone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid Stem
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (with iron oxide cement, Fe2O3)
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossil plant impression, likely fern or leaf
Indeterminate fossilized vascular-plant compression; possibly a fern frond or other Paleozoic plant
Fossilized Gastropod Shell
Gastropoda (Fossilized internal mold or shell body)
Stromatolite
Biogenic sedimentary structure (Stromatolite)
Limestone with Gastropod Fossil
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Gastropoda inclusion
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Sandstone with Trace Fossils
Arenite / Quartzwacke with Ichnofossils
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Ammonite fossil
Ammonoidea; likely a Jurassic or Cretaceous ammonite
Sandstone (Pebble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 primary)
Marine invertebrate fossils (Brachiopods and Gastropods)
Phylum Brachiopoda and Class Gastropoda
Weathered fossiliferous limestone, likely coral or shell fragment
Calcite (CaCO₃), biogenic limestone; exact fossil taxon indeterminate from the image