Chert / Flint (Brecciated or Fossiliferous Limestone with Silicification)
Sedimentary cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
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Chert / Flint (Brecciated or Fossiliferous Limestone with Silicification)
Sedimentary cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Fossil coral or shell fragment
Indeterminate calcareous fossil; likely aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil-bearing limestone, possibly a crinoid or shell fragment
Calcite (CaCO₃) limestone containing an indeterminate marine fossil
Fossil coral limestone
Fossilized colonial coral, commonly tabulate or rugose coral, preserved in calcite (CaCO₃)
Mixed Quartz and River Pebbles (Stone Collection)
Mixed assortment containing mainly Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Small rounded limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃); possibly an oolitic or fossiliferous limestone fragment
Polished fossil-bearing limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly containing a small shell or coral fragment
Small weathered pebble, possibly limestone
Indeterminate carbonate-rich rock; likely calcite-bearing limestone
Belemnite Fossil (Guard)
Belemnoidea (Carbonate/Calcite replacement)
Crinoid Stem Fossil (in matrix)
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea (primarily composed of Calcite, CaCO3, or Pyrite)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Class Crinoidea (Phylum Echinodermata), often preserved in Limestone or Calcite (CaCO3)
Fossil Plant Impression (Calamites)
Calamites sp. (Tracheophyta: Equisetopsida)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid columnal (Class Crinoidea)
Crinoidal Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone
Calamites (Fossil Plant)
Calamites (Genus), belonging to the class Equisetopsida
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Matrix
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea) in Limestone/Siltstone matrix
Crinoid Stem Fossil in Matrix
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, likely coral-rich (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃; commonly calcite)
Fossil oyster shell
Fossilized bivalve, likely Ostrea or Crassostrea; calcite (CaCO₃) shell
Porous fossil fragment (possibly fossilized coral or shell)
Unidentified fossil carbonate; likely calcite/aragonite
Small conical fossil shell fragment
Indeterminate gastropod or scaphopod shell; likely calcium carbonate (aragonite/calcite)
Crinoid fossil in limestone
Crinoidea fossil, commonly preserved in bioclastic calcitic limestone (CaCO₃)
Fossil-bearing bioclastic limestone
Bioclastic calcarenite/calcirudite, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Fossil Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with indeterminate biogenic remains
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly containing fossil fragments
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Crinoidal limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with fossil echinoderm fragments
Fossiliferous Chert Nodule
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz) with fossil inclusions
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly containing fossil fragments or stylolites
Weathered limestone or calcitic marble
Calcite-rich carbonate rock, chiefly CaCO₃; likely fossiliferous limestone, possibly weakly metamorphosed marble
Fossil-bearing limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely containing bivalve or brachiopod impressions
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoid stem fragments)
Bioclast-bearing Carbonate Rock (Caco3)
Fossil oyster shell fragment
Fossilized oyster (Ostreidae), composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid ossicle (phylum Echinodermata)
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Calcitic shell material, commonly Arca or related marine bivalve; primarily CaCO₃
Layered shale and sandstone gorge
Shale and thin-bedded sandstone, likely Devonian or older sedimentary strata
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcitic limestone, primarily CaCO₃ (calcite), containing a possible trace-fossil or shell fragment
Polished fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, likely containing a solitary rugose coral or shell fossil (identification uncertain from image)
Polished fossiliferous agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), likely fossil-bearing agate
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoida (columnal ossicles)
Fossilized shell or brachiopod
Likely a calcareous brachiopod or bivalve fossil; exact identification requires clearer detail and scale
White coral limestone (probable fossiliferous limestone)
Calcite (CaCO₃), commonly derived from aragonitic coral skeletons recrystallized to calcite