Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Category
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Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Fossil oyster shell fragment
Fossilized oyster (Ostreidae), composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone (likely ammonite/gastropod-bearing)
Bioclastic limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Coral Fossil
Scleractinia (Fossilized Coral)
Calamites fossil
Calamites (extinct genus of arborescent horsetails)
Gastropod Steinkern (Internal Mold Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class); Internal mold or 'Steinkern' composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Sedimentary matrix
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda fossil, composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Coral (Rugose or Tabulate) or Stromatolite
Phylum Cnidaria / Stromatolithus
Spinosaurus fossil (permineralized bone)
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Calcium phosphate mineralized with silica/sediment)
Fossil Plant Impression (Calamites)
Calamites sp. (Tracheophyta: Equisetopsida)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Odontaspididae (Sand Tiger Shark family)
Weathered sandstone fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone (compositionally uncertain)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock / CaCO3 with fossil fragments
Probable fossil-bearing rock or mineral concretion
Unidentified carbonate-rich concretion with a possible fossil inclusion
Ironstone Concretion
Ironstone (primarily Siderite or Limonite / Goethite, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fossiliferous Kalkstein (Marl/Sandstone)
Fossiliferous calcarenite/siltstone
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Petrified Wood
Agatized or Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Teeth (likely Sand Tiger Shark)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized dentition)
Murex Fossil
Muricidae (Calcium Carbonate fossilization)
Fossil fish specimen
Fossilized fish vertebrate, likely an articulated fish impression; exact taxon indeterminate
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcite (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone containing marine invertebrate fossils
Weathered quartz-rich rock or fossil fragment
Indeterminate; likely quartz-bearing sandstone or siliceous fossil material
Fossil Shell
Phylum Mollusca (Gastropod fossil)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3 with fossil fragments)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil gastropod shell
Fossilized gastropod, likely a small marine snail; exact genus cannot be determined from the image
Fossiliferous Sandstone
Fossiliferous Arenite
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate with Fossils)
Brachiopod Fossil in Sedimentary Matrix
Phylum Brachiopoda in Siltstone/Mudstone matrix
Weathered limestone or calcareous sandstone
Calcitic carbonate rock, likely limestone (CaCO₃), possibly slightly dolomitic
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (subclass)
Fossiliferous pebble, possibly a crinoid or shell fragment
Indeterminate bioclast in a dark sedimentary matrix; likely carbonate fossil material (calcite, CaCO₃)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Fossilized Brachiopod
Brachiopoda (e.g., Atrypa or Rhynchonellida)
Fossiliferous Sandstone / Quartzite Pebble
Sedimentary rock with skeletal fragments (e.g., Paleozoic crinoid/brachiopod fossils)
Silicified fossil-bearing chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony replacing carbonate shell material
Cockle Shell Fossil
Cardium (Bivalvia)
Shale
Shale (Fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock)