Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Bed)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
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Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Bed)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Turritella Agate
Elimia tenera silicified fossiliferous chalcedony
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Matrix
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea
Mixed Quartz and River Pebbles (Stone Collection)
Mixed assortment containing mainly Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Fossil Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with indeterminate biogenic remains
Fossiliferous Shale or Slate with Plant Fossils
Fossil-bearing argillaceous rock
Fossil-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely containing bivalve or brachiopod impressions
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid ossicle (phylum Echinodermata)
Fossilized shell or brachiopod
Likely a calcareous brachiopod or bivalve fossil; exact identification requires clearer detail and scale
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoid stem fragments)
Bioclast-bearing Carbonate Rock (Caco3)
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Calcite-rich Fossiliferous Marine Limestone
Fossiliferous Jasper / Miriam Stone / Elephant Skin Jasper
Biogenic Chalcedony / Silicified Fossiliferous Limestone
Silicified fossil-bearing limestone (likely chert/agate replacement)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing carbonate rock; possible fossiliferous limestone
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods), mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) in Fossiliferous Limestone
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoida (columnal ossicles)
Weathered limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (mostly CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Slate with Fossiliferous Impressions
Metamorphosed Argillaceous Rock (Fossiliferous Slate)
Granite (phaneritic background) with Limestone/Calcite carving
Felsic Igneous Plutonic Rock (background) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) (carving)
Limestone (specifically fossiliferous/skeletal limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized oyster shell in limestone
Bivalvia fossil; chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized coral or carbonate fossil fragment
Calcareous fossil, likely colonial coral (order Hexacorallia; uncertain from image)
Rounded gray limestone pebble with a calcite vein
Calcitic limestone, composed predominantly of calcite (CaCO₃), locally cut by a white calcite vein
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly containing fossil fragments or stylolites
Fossiliferous Chert Nodule
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz) with fossil inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Rugose Coral)
Limestone with Tetracoralla (Rugosa) fossil
Turritella Agate / Fossiliferous Limestone
Elimia tenera in Chalcedony/Calcite Matrix
Turritella Agate / Fossiliferous Limestone
Elimia tenera (commonly mislabeled as Turritella in chalcedony/calcite matrix)
Fossilized Coral / Fossiliferous Limestone
Anthozoa fossil in Limestone (CaCO3)
Layered shale and sandstone gorge
Shale and thin-bedded sandstone, likely Devonian or older sedimentary strata
Chert
Siliceous sedimentary rock (predominantly microcrystalline quartz, SiO2)
Chert / Flint (Brecciated or Fossiliferous Limestone with Silicification)
Sedimentary cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoid stem fragment)
Crinoidea (Phylum Echinodermata) in Calcite matrix
Fossiliferous limestone, likely coral or shell fragment
Calcitic limestone (primarily CaCO₃), containing preserved marine bioclasts
Fossiliferous limestone, possibly coral or stromatoporoid fossil
Calcitic limestone; predominantly CaCO₃, with fossilized colonial-organism structures
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petoskey Stone (Coral Fossil)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Calcite (CaCO3)
Calcite-rich limestone (possibly fossiliferous limestone)
Calcite, CaCO₃, in a limestone matrix
Chert or flint with chalcedony/quartz veins
Microcrystalline silica: primarily quartz (SiO₂), including chalcedony; possible fossiliferous limestone or silicified material
Shale (possibly)
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock)
Crinoidal Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone containing Crinoid stem fragments (Echinodermata)
Calligraphy Stone
Fossiliferous Stromatolite Limestone (also known as Arabic Script Stone, Miriam Stone, or Elephant Skin Jasper)
Weathered quartz-rich stone, possibly fossiliferous limestone
Indeterminate; likely calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃) or weathered quartz-bearing rock