Small seashell fossil or shell fragment
Likely calcium-carbonate shell material, chiefly aragonite or calcite; exact species indeterminate
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Small seashell fossil or shell fragment
Likely calcium-carbonate shell material, chiefly aragonite or calcite; exact species indeterminate
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood, primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing organic tissue
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin, C10H16O)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Eroded)
Carcharodon sp. or Otodus sp. fragment (likely)
Amber
Succinates (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Fossilized Bone
Vertebrate Fossil Fragment (Calcium Phosphate / Hydroxyapatite)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam Stone)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of cellulose)
Fossilized Coral (Favosites)
Favosites goldfussi
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 primary composition)
Sandstone
Arenite
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide / Hematite cementation)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone (with vugs or solution cavities)
Arenite (primarily Quartz and Feldspar with CaCO3 or SiO2 cement)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2, silica)
Sandstone Pebble with Iron Staining
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Fe2O3 oxides)
Fossilized Bone
Petrified Bone / Biogenic Sedimentary
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Quartzo-feldspathic fossil wood)
Light-colored chert or weathered limestone
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcitic limestone (CaCO₃); exact identification requires testing
Fossilized oyster or bivalve shell
Fossil Gryphaeidae or Ostreoidea; calcitic shell, CaCO₃
Sandstone (Muddy/Silty Variety)
Arenite with high silt/clay content (clastic sedimentary rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Siderite Concretion in Shale
Iron carbonate (FeCO3) in Mudstone/Shale matrix
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Gryphaea or Crassostrea fossil (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Polished fossiliferous limestone pebble
Fossiliferous micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Ironstone Concretion (Siderite Nodules)
Siderite (FeCO3) in Mudstone or Sandstone matrix
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized bone, likely a tooth or jaw fragment
Mineralized vertebrate bone; taxonomic identification requires clearer diagnostic anatomy
Shark Tooth Fossil
Otodus obliquus (or similar prehistoric lamniform shark tooth)
Petrified Bone (Fossil Bone)
Per mineralization fossil bone (varies by organism, predominantly replacement by SiO2 - Quartz/Chalcedony)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Limestone
Sedimentary rock composed primarily of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe-rich)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Sandstone (Weathered Cobble)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Coprolite
Coprolite (fossilized feces)
Sandstone
Arenite