Weathered limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily CaCO₃ (often recrystallized toward marble)
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Weathered limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily CaCO₃ (often recrystallized toward marble)
Fossilized Pycnodonte Oyster
Pycnodonte (Gryphaeostrea) species; Composition is Calcium Carbonate (Calcite/Aragonite)
Sandstone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock
Fossiliferous limestone fragment
Calcitic limestone; mainly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly with shell or coral debris
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Rounded river cobble, likely weathered sandstone or siltstone
Quartz-rich clastic sedimentary rock; exact identification requires a fresh surface and testing
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous micrite
Turritella Agate
Silicified Elimia tenera Fossil (SiO2)
Likely weathered gray limestone or shale fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (limestone), possibly calcareous shale
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda in Sedimentary Matrix (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, commonly calcitic (CaCO₃)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly containing fossil shell fragments
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone (primarily CaCO₃), with possible fossil or fossil-fragment patterns
Sandstone (likely Quartzose type)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone fragment
Limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly containing shell or coral fossil material
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Sedimentum arenaceum
Fossiliferous Sandstone (with Quartz patch)
Sedimentary Sandstone with Silicified Shell Fragments
Fossilized shell-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely molluscan/coquina limestone (calcite, CaCO₃)
Weathered sandstone or siltstone exposure
Quartz–feldspar clastic sedimentary rock; exact lithology indeterminate from the image
Porous fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly bioclastic or weathered reef limestone
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Exogyra or Ostrea (Gryphaeidae/Ostreidae family)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda in Sedimentary Matrix (CaCO3)
Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Likely weathered limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, mainly calcite (CaCO₃)
Likely limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous or dolomitic limestone
Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone; predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), commonly containing fossil fragments
Mixed beach gravel and cobbles
Polylithic alluvial or littoral clasts, including quartz, quartzite, chert, limestone, sandstone, and flint
Pyritic Shale
Carbonaceous Shale with Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Script Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite
Rounded limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petrifaction
Sedimentary rock with fossil inclusions / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Fossil Fragment
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3 with organic remains)
Polished fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, commonly fossil-rich micrite or wackestone
Likely fossiliferous limestone
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly containing shell or coral fragments
Chert or silicified fossil nodule (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly fossiliferous chert
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous bioclastic sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily CaCO₃; possible bioclastic fossil limestone
Polished fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, commonly crinoidal or shell-rich micrite
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Micritic limestone, likely bioclastic/fossiliferous carbonate rock (predominantly CaCO₃)