Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
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Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone (Micrite/Chalky variety)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock, primarily calcite (CaCO₃), containing fossil shell fragments and molds
Weathered fossiliferous limestone fragment, possibly fossil coral or shell material
Indeterminate carbonate fossil in calcitic limestone; likely composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃), but species identification is not possible from this image alone
Weathered sandstone or arkosic conglomeratic sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock, chiefly quartz and feldspar grains cemented by silica, calcite, or iron oxides
Rounded sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone (primarily SiO₂), possibly arkosic sandstone
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Calligraphy Stone
Mariam Jasper (Fossiliferous Limestone composed of Hematite and Shell remains)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Chert (Chert with Crinoid Stem Impression)
Chert (SiO2) with fossil Anthozoan or Crinoid columnals
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Bed)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous pebble, possibly a crinoid or shell fragment
Indeterminate bioclast in a dark sedimentary matrix; likely carbonate fossil material (calcite, CaCO₃)
Weathered fossil-bearing limestone, possibly coral or shell limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃); fossil identity is uncertain from the photograph
Fossil gastropod (snail)
Fossilized gastropod shell, likely a marine mollusk; exact genus cannot be determined from the image
Light-colored limestone (probable fossiliferous or micritic limestone)
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; predominantly CaCO₃ (calcite)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Conglomerate)
Bioclastic Limestone (composed primarily of CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Chert/Clay mixed)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Worn River Pebble with Fossil Indentation
Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Infill
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or lateritic rock
Ferruginous sandstone, primarily quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides such as hematite/goethite
Weathered sandstone boulder
Sandstone, chiefly quartz (SiO₂) with feldspar and iron-oxide cement
Rounded quartz-rich sandstone pebble
Quartz arenite (sandstone), composition mainly SiO₂ with minor feldspar, mica, and iron-oxide cement
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Shale
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock)
Limestone (Cliff Formation)
Limestone (predominantly CaCO3 as calcite)
Carved limestone architectural fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly weathered fossiliferous or oolitic limestone
Calcite-rich limestone
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous or weathered dolomitic limestone
Weathered limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (mostly CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (primarily CaCO₃)
Weathered gray sandstone or siltstone
Clastic siliciclastic rock, primarily quartz and feldspar grains cemented by silica or carbonate
Turritella Agate
Elimia tenera silicified fossiliferous chalcedony
Rounded river cobbles, likely weathered sandstone/mudstone and quartz-rich rock
Uncertain from photograph; probable lithologies include quartz sandstone, siltstone/mudstone, and locally altered volcanic or metamorphic clasts