Limestone Cobble
Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3)
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Limestone Cobble
Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3)
Brown Quartz (Jasper or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon based fossil fuel)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)
Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Limestone
Calcite rock (CaCO3)
Fossil / Permineralized Bone
Tyrannosaurus rex fossil (Hydroxylapatite replaced by various minerals)
Mammoth or Mastodon Tooth Fossil
Mammuthus / Mammut tooth
Mammoth Molar Fossil
Mammuthus primigenius (Tooth fragment)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (tooth fossil, composed mainly of Bioapatite / Calcium Phosphate)
Peanut Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Araucaria with Teredo boreholes)
Crinoid Stem Fragment
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea)
Agate with Fossil/Inclusion
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chalcedony and potential fossil inclusion
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Siltstone
Siltstone (composed of clastic quartz and feldspar)
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Flint / Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (with ripple marks)
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Iron-stained limestone or coral fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; chiefly CaCO₃ (exact identification is uncertain from the image)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gritstone)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (SiO2 with Fe2O3 and FeO(OH))
Chert (River Pebble)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Chert Pebble (Jasper/Quartz variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide coating)
Chert (with Fossiliferous Silicification)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Limestone (specifically Fossiliferous or Crinoidal Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Calcite Rock
Likely tumbled sandstone or limestone
Quartz-rich sandstone (possibly calcarenite/limestone)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Brain Coral Fossil
Family Mussidae or Merulinidae (Order Scleractinia)
Crinoid Fossil in Limestone
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea) in Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod Mold
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix containing Brachiopoda fossil impressions
Sandstone (lithic/arkosic)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Red)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Agatized Fossil (Druzy Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) replacing organic matter
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood / Fossilized Wood (SiO2)