Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, possibly fossil wood or bone
Indeterminate silicified/carbonate fossil in sandstone or mudstone
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Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, possibly fossil wood or bone
Indeterminate silicified/carbonate fossil in sandstone or mudstone
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin, C10H16O)
Fossilized Rugose Coral
Order Rugosa (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Dinosaur Bone (Fossilized)
Permineralized Bone (CaCO3 or SiO2 after Hydroxylapatite)
Amber (specifically Red or Cherry Amber)
Succinite (Resinite); Chemical formula: C10H16O
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin), C10H16O
Jasper containing fossilized inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities and biogenic inclusions
Fossilized Brachiopod
Brachiopoda (e.g., Atrypa or Rhynchonellida)
Crinoid Columnal Fossil
Crinoid ossicle (Class Crinoidea)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Limestone (specifically Bituminous or Carbonaceous Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Organic Impurities
Coal (Bituminous Coal)
Caustobiolith / Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized Bone / Dinosaur Fossil
Fossilized vertebrate bone (permineralized)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharodon sp. (likely Otodus or similar Lamniformes order)
Amber
Succinate (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (Composition: Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone/Clay)
Fossilized Shell in Limestone
Bivalve fossil (CaCO3) in Carbonate Sedimentary Rock
Fossilized Horn Coral
Order Rugosa (Rugose Coral)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin); C10H16O
Fossilized Rugose Coral (Horn Coral)
Order Rugosa
Petrified Wood
Fossilized Wood (silicified wood)
Fossiliferous Chert or Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing fossilized marine invertebrates (likely crinoid stems or bryozoans)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Mookaite Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chert/Jasper
Amber
Succinates (Fossilized Resin)
Fossilized Brachiopod or Gastropod in Chert/Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda / Mollusca
Fossilized Echinoid Fragment (Calycinal/Boss Fossil)
Echinodermata fossil fragment
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Dermal Denticle or worn tooth fragment)
Elasmobranchii (fossil remains)
Limestone or Sandstone Cobble
Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)
Amber
Resinite / Fossilized Tree Resin
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial) or Coprolite
Elasmobranchii (fossil) or Coprolite (trace fossil)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Amber
Succinite
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharodon carcharias (fossilized) / Hydroxyapatite permineralized with silica or iron
Chert with Fossil inclusions
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with biogenic inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coral Fossil)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Colonial Coral inclusions
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Teeth in Matrix
Cretaceous Chondrichthyes (Shark) remains in Sedimentary Matrix
Fossil Shark Tooth
Selachimorpha (Chondrichthyes dental fossil)
Coal (Anthracite / Bituminous)
Organic Sedimentary Rock (Carbon-based)