Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Sedimentum arenaceum
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Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Sedimentum arenaceum
Fossilized stromatolite or laminated microbial mat
Layered carbonate/chert fossil; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Petoskey Stone (Coral Fossil)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized colonial rugose coral)
Crinoid Columnal Fossil
Crinoid ossicle (Class Crinoidea)
Picture Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with impurities)
Fossilized oyster shell
Ostrea/Exogyra sp.; calcium carbonate (mostly calcite)
Fossilized gastropod shell
Calcitic or aragonitic gastropod fossil; likely Mollusca, Gastropoda
Fossilized bivalve shell
Bivalvia indeterminate; likely a fossil cockle or clam shell, aragonite/calcite replaced or preserved
Fossiliferous Chert or Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing fossilized marine invertebrates (likely crinoid stems or bryozoans)
Small weathered fossil or mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly fossilized shell, bone, or a pale carbonate mineral
Sea Shell (Fighting Conch Fragment)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Strombus alatus fragment
Amber (Butterscotch/Egg Yolk Variety)
Succinite (Approx. C10H16O)
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae within Microcrystalline Quartz)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized bone fragment
Petrified vertebrate bone; mineralized hydroxyapatite replaced or infilled by silica/carbonates
Fossilized bone fragment
Mineral-replaced vertebrate bone, commonly apatite [Ca₅(PO₄)₃(F,OH,Cl)]
Fossil shell fragment (likely bivalve)
Bivalvia indeterminate; shell material chiefly aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃)
Chert (containing a small fossil)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Fossilized Shark Tooth (likely Sand Tiger Shark)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized hydroxyapatite/calcium phosphate)
Chert (variably Oolitic or Fossiliferous)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized bone fragment
Fossil bone, composed chiefly of carbonate-fluorapatite (bioapatite)
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose Coral (Fossilized Calcium Carbonate / Silica)
Fossil Bivalve / Ostreid Shell (Hag Stone / Perforated Pebble)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilised Chondrichthyes dental specimen (likely Otodus or Carcharias sp.)
Amber / Copal
Organic resin, C10H16O
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon or Carcharias fossil (Vertebrate Fossil)
Amber (or polished Chalcedony bead)
Fossilized Tree Resin / SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide if Chalcedony)
Bivalve Fossil (Shell Fragment)
Class Bivalvia (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossilized shell fragment
Likely calcitic or aragonitic bivalve/gastropod shell; exact taxon indeterminate
Dragon Stone
Ohko Stone (Argillaceous sedimentary rock)
Fossilized bivalve shell (small cockle-type shell)
Bivalvia; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Amber (Copal)
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Amber
Succinite (specifically for Baltic amber); Fossilized Tree Resin (C10H16O)
Fossilized bone fragment
Permineralized vertebrate bone, likely mammalian or reptilian; exact identification requires microscopy
Fossilized Gastropod Internal Mold
Gastropoda (Steinkern fossil)
Hard Sandstone (Quartzite)
Quartz-rich Sedimentary Rock (Proto-Quartzite)
Fossil tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossilized selachian tooth, possibly Carcharodon or a related lamniform shark
Fossilized bone fragment (probable vertebrate bone)
Permineralized bone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Stony Coral) fossil