Fossil Coral (Petoskey Stone / Rugose Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Order: Rugosa, Fossilized Calcium Carbonate CaCO3)
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Fossil Coral (Petoskey Stone / Rugose Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Order: Rugosa, Fossilized Calcium Carbonate CaCO3)
Honeycomb Coral Fossil (Petoskey-type Coral)
Favosites (Extinct Colonial Tabulate Coral), CaCO3
Sandstone (lithic wacke/arenite)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Smooth River Pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered limestone or calcitic cave deposit
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely porous limestone/travertine
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Vesicular volcanic rock, likely pumice or scoriaceous rhyolite
Vesicular rhyolite/dacite; predominantly silica-rich volcanic glass with feldspar and quartz
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Quartz Arenite / Sandstone
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Sandstone (likely a river or beach pebble)
Sandstone (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Sandstone (lithified quartz arenite, arkose, graywacke, etc. depending on composition)
Likely weathered chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably chalcedony/chert
Likely weathered limestone or calcite-rich stone
Limestone, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly calcite
Chert (Chert Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (predominantly SiO2)
Chert (Green variety)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Limestone (specifically Dolomitic/Crystalline Limestone)
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3 / CaMg(CO3)2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂)
Fossilized Sea Urchin Spines
Echinoidea (Cidaroid spines)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (primarily composed of Muscovite, Chlorite, and Quartz)
Megalodon Shark Tooth (Partial Fossil)
Otodus megalodon (fossilized in Calcium Phosphate/Apatite)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Porous Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Sandstone (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Resin)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Resin)
Tumbled black-and-white stone, likely dalmatian jasper
Quartz-rich porphyritic rhyolite (commercially called dalmatian jasper), with black aegirine/arfvedsonite-like inclusions
Unidentified River Rock or Mudstone
N/A (Generic rock fragment)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Tumbled tree agate (dendritic agate)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with manganese/iron-oxide dendrites
Beach Pebble (Basalt / Greywacke Gravel)
Mafic Volcanic Rock (Basalt)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (microcrystalline quartz)