Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcite / CaCO3)
Category
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Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcite / CaCO3)
Oolitic Limestone / Fossiliferous Chert
Oolitic Limestone (CaCO3) / Silicified Limestone
Fossiliferous shale or mudstone with plant fossils
Carbonaceous mudstone/shale containing fossilized foliage, likely fern or seed-fern impressions
Limestone (specifically Fossiliferous Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid stems
Calcite-rich Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) featuring Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colony corals)
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Coralline Inclusions)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate with Crinoid Stem Fossils (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid stems
Limestone (CaCO3) containing Crinoidea fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid Stem fragment
Calcite (CaCO3) containing Crinoidea fossils
Limestone (specifically Fossiliferous Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone (specifically Fossiliferous or Crinoidal Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Calcite Rock
Fossiliferous Shale (with Vertebrate Bones)
Laminated Mudstone containing Fossilized Bone (Apatite)
Fossiliferous Chert with Brachiopod Impression
Chert (SiO2) containing Brachiopoda fossil remains
Fossiliferous Chert (with Brachiopod or Mollusk fragments)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) inclusions
Polished fossiliferous limestone, possibly ammonite-bearing
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), with fossil shell material
Weathered carbonate rock, possibly fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), tentative identification
Fossiliferous limestone with possible shell fossils
Bioclastic limestone, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood (Black / Carbonized)
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz/Chalcedony replacing Organic Matter)
Weathered limestone
Micritic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Weathered limestone pebble
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous or oolitic
Fossilized shell-bearing limestone
Fossiliferous limestone, likely containing brachiopod or bivalve remains; exact taxon requires microscopy
Weathered fossil-bearing limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcium carbonate (calcite, CaCO₃), possibly containing a fossil cavity or internal mold
Weathered limestone cobble
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil brachiopod or bivalve shell
Indeterminate fossilized shell; likely a ribbed brachiopod (Order Productida or Spiriferida)
Fossiliferous limestone with possible ammonite or shell impressions
Calcitic limestone, chiefly CaCO₃; fossils may include ammonoids or bivalves
Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Limestone (River Pebble / Fossiliferous Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous sandstone with plant fossils
Likely fossil-bearing siliciclastic sedimentary rock; apparent fragments may be fossil wood or leaf impressions, but species cannot be determined from the image
Reddish-brown sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, likely ferruginous sandstone
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Rock (Invertebrate Fossil in Matrix)
Fossiliferous limestone or shaly matrix containing skeletal fossil remains
Weathered limestone fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly chalky or fossiliferous limestone
Weathered sandstone fragment
Clastic sandstone, composed mainly of quartz and feldspar grains cemented by silica, calcite, or iron oxides
Chert or flint fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely silicified rock
Rounded limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Mudstone / River Pebble
Sedimentary rock with trace fossil or inclusion
Polished fossiliferous limestone pebble
Fossiliferous micritic limestone, probably containing gastropod or bivalve fragments
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoid stem fossils)
Sedimentary Limestone with Crinoidea ossicles
Weathered limestone
Micritic limestone, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO₃; calcite)