Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
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Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Amber (Copal)
Succinate (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or similar)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Kambaba Jasper
Rhyolite (Volcanic rock) or Stromatolite (debated)
Sandstone
Quartz Arenite
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Iron oxide concretion (contains FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Coquina Jasper
Fossiliferous Chalcedony (SiO2)
Script Jasper
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with fossiliferous inclusions
Sandstone
Sandstone (principally SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Ostreidae (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Bioapatite (Calcium Hydroxyapatite) replacement
Sandstone
Arenite
Chert Nodules (with Gryphaea or Shell inclusions)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Calcitic inclusions
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Microbial mat fossil in silicified sediment)
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Dendrite (Manganese Oxide Dendrites)
Psilomelane or Pyrolusite on Matrix (typically MnO2)
Small seashell fossil or shell fragment
Likely calcium-carbonate shell material, chiefly aragonite or calcite; exact species indeterminate
Cockle Shell (Bivalve)
Cardiidae (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Petrified Wood
Fossilized Wood (silicified wood)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda embedded in sedimentary rock
Sandstone (Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Echinoid Fossil in Flint or Chert Nodule
Echinoidea embedded in sedimentary silica (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Zebra Rock (Zebra Stone / Ribbon Stone)
Siltstone with Ferruginous Banding (Primarily Quartz, Kaolinite, and Hematite)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation (Magnetite/Hematite and Chert)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone with embedded fossil cross-section
Bryozoan Fossil
Phylum Bryozoa (commonly known as 'moss animals')
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or similar Favosites)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Favosites (Silurian-Devonian Coral)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 secondary)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Staghorn Coral Specimen
Acropora cervicornis (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized shell fragment
Indeterminate fossil mollusk; likely a silicified or mineral-replaced bivalve/gastropod fragment
Amber
Succinite (Resinite)
Amber (specifically Burmese Amber or Burmite)
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Fossilized Brachiopod in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda embedded in sedimentary limestone
Cowrie Shell Fossil
Cypraea sp.
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous biomicrite / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Favosites Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites sp. (Extinct genus of tabulate coral)