Shale
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily clay and silt minerals)
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Shale
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily clay and silt minerals)
Chert Concretion
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Tabulate Coral
Favosites (Honeycomb Coral)
Sandstone with Trace Fossils
Arenite with Ichnofossils
Petrified Wood and Mixed Rocks
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified fossil wood (SiO2)
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Ironstone (Limonite/Hematite concretion)
Ferruginous Siltstone / Goethite (FeO(OH))
Fossilized tooth, likely a mammalian tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil tooth; possibly an ungulate or carnivoran tooth
Fossil shark teeth
Likely fossilized shark teeth; exact species indeterminate from the image, possibly Carcharhiniformes or related taxa
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone (likely Red/Brown Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide staining)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Coal (Anthracite or Bituminous)
Carbon (C) with varying hydrocarbon and mineral impurities
Sandstone
Arenite
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzite-leaning)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Sandstone
Arenite (primary component SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 with iron oxide cement)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth in Matrix
Otodus obliquus (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes (Possibly Cretalamna or Otodus)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. or Carcharocles sp. (likely fossilized Chondrichthyes)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey-like or Favosites)
Anthozoa (Fossilized Coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion (Quartz sand bound by mineral cement)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone or fossil fragment
Indeterminate bioclastic carbonate rock; likely calcite (CaCO₃) with fossil shell material
Sandstone
Quartz Arenite / Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Arenite (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Rugose Coral Fossil
Order Rugosa
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone type)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Order: Rugosa)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods), mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) in Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)