Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Calcitic fossil shell, likely a pectinid or related bivalve; CaCO₃
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Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Calcitic fossil shell, likely a pectinid or related bivalve; CaCO₃
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone Egg)
Biogenic Limestone (composed primarily of Calcite, CaCO3)
Fossilized bone fragment (probable large mammal bone)
Mineralized vertebrate bone; commonly hydroxyapatite, Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH), partly replaced by silica or calcite
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (Succinite)
Amber
Succinite (Resin C10H16O)
Fossilized leaf or plant impression in shale
Carbonized/impressed plant fossil, likely in fine-grained shale or mudstone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Fossil-bearing rock, likely a fossilized shell or coral fragment
Unidentified calcitic fossil in a carbonate matrix (likely calcite, CaCO₃)
Fossilized tooth or jaw fragment (likely fish or reptile)
Indeterminate vertebrate bone/tooth; mineralized hydroxyapatite, commonly Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)
Chert (Green Fossilized Algae or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized bone, likely a large vertebrate limb or rib fragment
Petrified bone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Mookaite Jasper
Radiolarite (Silica, SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2 with impurities)
Amber
Succinite (approximate formula C10H16O)
Brecciated Jasper / Fossiliferous Jasper Egg
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxides and mineral inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Glauconitic Sandstone with possible Trace Fossil
Glauconitic Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Sandstone with Manganese Dendrites
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 based with MnO2 inclusions)
Fossilized Megalodon Tooth Fragment
Otodus megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon fossil)
Fossilized wood (petrified wood)
Silicified fossil wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing wood
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Fossil mollusk shell, likely a pectinid or related bivalve; original shell composed mainly of aragonite or calcite, now partly mineralized
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Class Crinoidea (Phylum Echinodermata), often preserved in Limestone or Calcite (CaCO3)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Rhynchonellida or Spiriferida)
Fossilized Crinoid Stem Columnal
Phylum Echinodermata; Class Crinoidea (CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet.
Fossilized Crinoid Stem Cross-Section
Crinoidea
Crinoid stem fossil
Crinoidea
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Bone
Silicified / Mineralized Fossil (Silica SiO2)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda
Fossilized mammalian tooth fragment
Likely a fossil molar or premolar; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Amber jewelry (possibly amber-colored glass or resin)
Amber — fossilized plant resin, chiefly composed of polymerized terpenoids; the pictured material cannot be confirmed from the image
Quartzite with Dendritic Manganese Oxide Inclusions
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2 with Mn-oxides)
Fossilized ammonite
Ammonoidea (likely a small, chambered ammonite fossil)
Fossilized tooth, possibly a shark tooth
Indeterminate fossil tooth; species cannot be identified from this view
Fossilized bone, likely a tooth or jaw fragment
Mineralized vertebrate bone; taxonomic identification requires clearer diagnostic anatomy
Fossilized Gastropod Internal Mold
Steinkern (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Tumbled coral limestone
Biogenic calcarenite/coral limestone, predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃; calcite/aragonite)
Graywacke with Quartz Veins
Argillaceous Sandstone (Graywacke)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina-like)
Biogenic Limestone
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Translucent amber-colored gemstone, likely citrine or amber
Most plausibly quartz (SiO₂), specifically citrine; amber would be fossilized resin (organic polymer)
Amber
Succinite
Amber
Succinite (specifically for Baltic Amber), Formula: C10H16O