Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin Fossil)
Echinoidea (phylum Echinodermata), often preserved as Calcite (CaCO3)
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Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin Fossil)
Echinoidea (phylum Echinodermata), often preserved as Calcite (CaCO3)
Limestone (with Iron-Oxide staining)
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Gastropod Fossil (Internal Mold)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Steinkern)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods) in Carboniferous or Devonian Limestone
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula SiO2)
Sandstone (Red Arkose)
Sandstone (Arkose variant, primarily SiO2 with KAlSi3O8)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone (Calcareous or Ferruginous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock, primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary rock comprising sand-sized grains)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Brachiopod Fossil in Shale
Phylum Brachiopoda (often species of Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida)
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger or Mackerel Shark)
Carcharias sp. or Otodus sp. replaced by Hydroxylapatite/Calcium Carbonate
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Hag Stone
Perforated Sedimentary Rock
Coal
Bituminous or Anthracite coal (carbon-rich sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Dinosaur Bone (Gembone)
Petrified Dinosaur Bone (Apatite/Silica replacement)
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Calcified / Silicified Wood
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Internal Mold)
Gastropoda; internal mold (steinkern), often composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Horn Coral Fossil
Rugosa (Order Rugosa)
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria fossil (often Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Fossilized Crinoid Stem Segment
Crinoid (Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea)
Granular Sandstone
Arenite (variable composition, primarily SiO2)
Chert (Fossiliferous)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (composition: CaCO3)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized colonial coral)
Fossiliferous Rock (likely Dinosaur Fossil in Matrix)
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Calcium Carbonate/Silica replaced bone material)
Jasper (likely Kambaba or Crocodile Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Ironstone Concretion (Nutstone)
Ironstone (with High Limonite/Hematite Content)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)