Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Category
Browse sedimentary (fossil) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Fossiliferous limestone with possible ammonite or shell impressions
Calcitic limestone, chiefly CaCO₃; fossils may include ammonoids or bivalves
Coral Fossil (Scleractinia)
Scleractinia (Order), primarily CaCO3 (Aragonite or Calcite)
Sandstone with Quarzite clasts
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Fossilized Shark Tooth in Matrix
Otodus sp. (likely Otodus obliquus)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone with fossil bioclasts (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized shell or bone fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate/phosphate fossil; likely a fragment of fossil shell or small vertebrate bone
Fossil gastropod shell
Spiral marine gastropod fossil; likely a small ammonite-like or gastropod shell, exact taxon indeterminate
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Sandstone (Calcareous or Ferruginous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich)
Arenite (Quartz Arenite)
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock, primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary rock comprising sand-sized grains)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam)
Class Bivalvia (e.g., Mercenaria or similar genus), composed of CaCO3 (Aragonite/Calcite)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Inclusions
Crinoid and Coral Fossils in Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugosa (order) and Crinoidea (class)
Fossilized bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil bone; possibly mammalian or reptilian
Weathered limestone
Micritic to fossiliferous limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Rugose Coral (Horn Coral) Fossil in Limestone
Order Rugosa (commonly Grewingkia or Zaphrentis genus)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calclutite / Bio-calcarenite (CaCO3)
Polished fossil coral (likely agatized coral)
Fossilized coral; commonly silicified Scleractinia or Tabulate coral, composed mainly of microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Shale (or Mudstone)
Clay mineral aggregate / Fine-grained siliciclastic sedimentary rock
Brachiopod Fossil in Shale
Phylum Brachiopoda (often species of Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
CaCO3 (principally Calcite or Aragonite)
Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Rugosa / Tabulata coral fossils replaced by silica (Chalcedony/Quartz)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 with Bioclasts)
Fossiliferous Chert (with Fossil Shells)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with biogenic inclusions
Granular Sandstone
Arenite (variable composition, primarily SiO2)
Small shell fragment (likely gastropod or bivalve fossil)
Fossilized calcium-carbonate shell; chiefly aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃)