Gray slate
Slate; fine-grained foliated metamorphic rock composed mainly of mica and quartz
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Gray slate
Slate; fine-grained foliated metamorphic rock composed mainly of mica and quartz
Fossiliferous limestone, possibly coral or stromatoporoid fossil
Calcitic limestone; predominantly CaCO₃, with fossilized colonial-organism structures
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Chalk / Sedimentary Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized oyster shell in limestone
Bivalvia fossil; chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil Coral / Fossilized Coral
Scleractinia (Anthodiscus / Favia / Montastraea fossil)
Fossiliferous Chert Nodule
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz) with fossil inclusions
Vesicular Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Sandstone (lithic wake or graywacke)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily quartz and lithic fragments)
Sandstone (with potential trace fossils)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharadon sp. (likely Carcharodon carcharias or similar Lamniformes)
Sandstone (with Chert/Quartzite)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Shale with Plant Fossils / Carbonaceous Shale
Laminated Mudrock (Siliciclastic)
Crinoid Marble
Crinoidal Limestone/Marble
Fossil Coral (Rugosa or Solitary Coral)
Rugosa (Order), often referred to as 'Horn Coral' (Lithostrotionella or Grewingkia)
Lepidodendron fossil (Scale Tree Bark)
Lepidodendron (Lycophytina class)
Septarian Nodule or Mud Crack Fossil
Septarian Nodule (Concretion)
Rugose Coral (Horn Coral Fossil)
Order Rugosa (fossilized in limestone/chert)
Petoskey Stone (Hexagonaria coral fossil)
Hexagonaria percarinata
Fossilized tooth or tooth fragment
Indeterminate vertebrate tooth; likely mammalian, mineralized hydroxyapatite
Limestone (specifically fossiliferous/skeletal limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly containing fossil fragments or stylolites
Limestone (Chalk / Calcite Rock)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Chert Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized coral or porous marine limestone
Likely fossil coral (Scleractinia), composed mainly of calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Reddish sandstone
Quartz-rich sandstone (arenite), commonly iron-oxide stained
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic Sandstone (SiO2 - Quartz-dominant)
Chert (often found as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (with potential Arkose/Lithic characteristics)
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains)
Fossil shark teeth
Likely fossilized shark teeth, possibly Carcharhiniformes or related sharks; exact species cannot be determined from the photo.
Fossil Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (Class) fossil - possibly Odontaspididae family
Sandstone (Quartzite texture)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Lepidodendron Fossil (Scale Tree)
Lepidodendron sp.
Polished ammonite fossil
Ammonoidea; likely a polished, chambered ammonite such as Acanthoceras or related Cretaceous form
Fossil shell fragment
Likely a fossilized brachiopod or bivalve; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Amber with Fossil Inclusion
Fossilized Tree Resin (Succinite)
Fossil brachiopod shell
Likely spiriferid or strophomenid brachiopod; calcium carbonate (primarily calcite)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoidea (Class) - Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)