Chalcedony (Agate/Seashell replacement)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
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Chalcedony (Agate/Seashell replacement)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite / Fossilized Algae (Rhyolitic structure)
Ironstone Concretion / Chert Nodules
Iron-rich Sedimentary Concretion (Fe2O3 / SiO2 mix)
Rough amber-like brown mineral specimen
Uncertain from photograph; possibly iron-stained quartz, common opal, or resinous amber
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate matrix with macrofossils (CaCO3)
Coal
Coal (Combustible sedimentary rock)
Amber (Copal)
Fossilized Tree Resin (C10H16O)
Sandstone
Arenite
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Silica, SiO2, or Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class) fossilized tooth
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, possibly fossil wood or bone
Indeterminate silicified/carbonate fossil in sandstone or mudstone
Limpets Shell / Fossil Specimen
Patellogastropoda (Class)
Fossilized bivalve in sandstone/conglomerate
Indeterminate fossil mollusk, likely Bivalvia, preserved in lithified siliciclastic sediment
Mookaite Jasper
Radiolarite (SiO2)
Greywacke with Quartz Vein
Matrix: Impure Sandstone (SiO2 + varied clasts), Veins: Quartz (SiO2)
Flint / Chert (Fossiliferous)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with microcrystalline quartz
Kambaba Jasper
Rhyolite (with Stromatolite fossil inclusions)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin); C10H16O
Probable fossilized coral
Fossil coral; exact coral group and species cannot be determined from the image
Fossilized Bone / Dinosaur Fossil
Fossilized vertebrate bone (permineralized)
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria fossil (often Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (SiO2 complex)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 variety)
Fossilized Brachiopod Shell Fragment
Brachiopoda (Class: Rhynchonellata or Strophomenata)
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Ostreidae (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossilized oyster or bivalve shell
Fossil Gryphaeidae or Ostreoidea; calcitic shell, CaCO₃
Fossiliferous Sandstone
Sedimentary rock containing invertebrate fossils
Fossil Shell
Invertebrate fossil (Mollusca)
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz with Cyanobacteria fossile)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Fossilized Bone Chunk (likely Dinosaur or Large Mammal)
Permineralized Fossil Bone
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Coal (Bituminous Coal)
Caustobiolith / Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized Brachiopod or Gastropod
Phylum Brachiopoda / Phylum Mollusca
Amber (Copal)
Succinate (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil Material (Apatite/Calcium Phosphate)
Sea Urchin Fossil
Echinoidea (test/fossil)