Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ / Silicon Dioxide)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ / Silicon Dioxide)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Fossilized bone, likely a large vertebrate limb or rib fragment
Petrified bone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Pink shell fragment
Calcium carbonate, likely aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃); probably a bivalve or gastropod shell fragment
Fossilized Insect in Nodular Matrix
Invertebrata / Insecta fossil in sedimentary concretion
Jasper (likely Brown or Brecciated)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Amber
Amber (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class); likely Lamniformes (order) fossilized in Apatite/Hydroxyapatite
Amber
Succinate (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Mosasaur Tooth Fossil
Mosasaurid vertebrate fossil (Hydroxyapatite)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii (fossilized tooth)
Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Likely amber or yellow-brown chalcedony/jasper fragment
Uncertain; possible amber (fossilized resin) or iron-stained chalcedony/quartz
Fossilized wood or plant fragment
Petrified wood (silicified fossil wood; commonly Araucarioxylon or related taxa)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Eroded)
Carcharodon sp. or Otodus sp. fragment (likely)
Fossil shell fragment, likely bivalve or gastropod
Fossilized calcium-carbonate shell; likely aragonite/calcite replaced by calcite
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Otodus)
Otodus sp. (calcium phosphate/hydroxylellite)
Amber
Succinite
Fossilized coral or bryozoan limestone
Calcitic fossiliferous limestone; likely colonial coral/bryozoan fragments, CaCO₃
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin), C10H16O
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide / SiO2)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2)
Jasper (Petrified Wood variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Fossilized bone fragment (probable mammalian tooth or bone)
Mineralized bone, commonly hydroxyapatite [Ca5(PO4)3(OH)] replaced or impregnated by silica/calcite
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of hornblende or chlorite
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide) with inclusions - SiO2
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxide
Likely coal (possibly anthracite)
Coal, composed chiefly of carbon-rich organic matter; rank cannot be confirmed from the photograph
Possible fossilized bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate material; mineralized hydroxyapatite replaced or coated by silica/carbonate
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (Organic Polymer)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth (various genera such as Carcharodon, Otodus, or Negaprion)
Fossilized Gastropod (Snail)
Class Gastropoda (internal mold or 'steinkern')
Amber
Succinates
Amber
Succiniferous fossil resin (C10H16O)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2-dominant)