Rounded chert or silicified limestone pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly fossiliferous or iron-stained carbonate host
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Rounded chert or silicified limestone pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly fossiliferous or iron-stained carbonate host
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone; predominantly CaCO₃, possibly containing a fossil mold or shell fragment
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilized Elasmobranchii tooth (likely Odontaspis or Carcharias)
Fossiliferous Limestone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossils
Sandstone (likely Arkose or Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 + varied clasts)
Agate with Fossil/Inclusion
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chalcedony and potential fossil inclusion
Fossilized Brachiopod/Bivalve in Limestone
Brachiopoda or Bivalvia fossil in Calcite/Limestone (CaCO3)
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Fossiliferous micritic limestone, mainly calcite (CaCO₃)
Polished fossiliferous limestone, likely crinoidal or coral limestone
Calcite (CaCO₃), fossiliferous carbonate rock
Polished fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, commonly crinoidal limestone (calcite, CaCO₃)
Coquina or Fossiliferous Sandstone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3 with SiO2 inclusions)
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (Calcium carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Oyster Fossils)
Fossiliferous Calcarenite / Bivalve Mollusk Fossil
Bumblebee Jasper
Fossiliferous Calcite containing Orpiment and Realgar
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, likely containing small gastropod or bivalve fossils (primarily calcite, CaCO₃)
Bay Scallop Shell
Argopecten irradians (Biogenic Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Porous limestone
Calcareous limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Polished fossiliferous limestone, possibly ammonite-bearing
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), with visible fossil or shell fragments
Mixed pebble collection, including likely flint, quartzite, and fossil material
Varied silicate rocks; visible specimen may include chert (microcrystalline SiO₂), quartzite, and a possible fossil
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda in calcitic matrix
Chert (and Fossiliferous Limestone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tumbled limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (typically SiO2 + others)
Limestone Breccia
Sedimentary Breccia (Calcareous)
Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly containing small fossil fragments
Limestone with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3 with SiO2 or CaCO3 intrusions)
Weathered limestone
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopods
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossilized Brachiopoda sp. (likely Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida)
Weathered limestone
Micritic to fossiliferous limestone; primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous shale or mudstone with a brachiopod fossil
Likely a spiriferid brachiopod fossil in dark shale/mudstone; exact species and age require locality and examination
Fossiliferous Limestone / Coral Fossil
Fossiliferous Limestone with Anthozoa (Coral) fossil