Brachiopod Fossil (Spiriferid)
Order Spiriferida (Phylum Brachiopoda); mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) or Chert (SiO2)
Category
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Brachiopod Fossil (Spiriferid)
Order Spiriferida (Phylum Brachiopoda); mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) or Chert (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Odontaspididae (likely Carcharias sp.)
Fossilized wood, likely silicified petrified wood
Silicified wood (fossil wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing organic tissue)
Petrified wood
Silicified fossil wood, commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing wood
Fossilized wood (petrified wood)
Silicified permineralized wood, commonly quartz (SiO₂) replacing or infilling woody tissue
Zebra Rock (Zebra Stone / Ribbon Stone)
Siltstone with Ferruginous Banding (Primarily Quartz, Kaolinite, and Hematite)
Pearl (in a decorative hair comb setting)
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) primarily as Aragonite, bonded with Conchiolin
Polished fossilized wood
Silicified wood (petrified wood), commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing wood
Fossilized Shell Fragment
Bivalvia or Gastropoda (depending on original organism)
Petrified Wood Fragment
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Amber (Copal)
Fossilized Tree Resin
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), containing fossil fragments—possibly coral or bryozoan
Coral Fossil
Anthozoa (order Scleractinia)
Obsidian and Fossilized Shark Tooth
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass) and Otodus sp. (Fossilized shark tooth)
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Fossilized Nut / Coprolite / Concretion
Trace Fossil / Permineralized Plant Material
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Shale
Carbonaceous Shale (with potential plant/aquatic fossils)
Fossilized Bone
Vertebrate fossil (mineralized bone)
Seashell Fossil
Gastropoda fossil
Fossilized Bone
Petrified Bone / Biogenic Sedimentary
Fossilized Shell Fragment
Invertebrate marine fossil, likely calcium carbonate replacement
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Amber
Succinate (Fossilized Resin)
Spondylus Oyster Calcification / Fossilized Oyster
Spondylus (Thorny Oyster) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Amber
Succinate (Organic Fossilized Resin)
Amber
Succinite (a fossilized organic resin)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with marine fossils
Amber (Copal)
Succinate (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Amber (and Cubic Zirconia)
Fossilized Tree Resin
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Fossilized gastropod shell
Fossil Mollusca, class Gastropoda; likely a mineral-replaced or partially silicified shell
Flint with Fossil Inclusion
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2) enclosing fossilized organic remains
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin
Tumbled yellow calcite (probable)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Resin)
Lignite (Brown Coal)
Humic Lignite (Carbonaceous sedimentary rock)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone