Brachiopod Fossil in Matrix
Phylum Brachiopoda
Category
Browse sedimentary (with some aspects of mineral replacement) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Brachiopod Fossil in Matrix
Phylum Brachiopoda
Red Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite
Mineral and Rock Collection (Assorted)
Mixed collection including Quartz (SiO2), Jasper (SiO2 with impurities), Rose Quartz, and Aventurine
Galena
Lead(II) sulfide (PbS)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea subclass (calcium carbonate / silica replacement)
Specular Hematite
Hematite (Iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3)
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Cowrie Shell Fossil
Cypraea sp.
Pyrite and Calcite (or Barite) Specimen
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (on host rock)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Otodus)
Otodus sp. (calcium phosphate/hydroxylellite)
Calamites
Calamites (Pith cast fossil)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Tooth or shell fragment (likely fossilized marine material)
Indeterminate; possibly a fossil fish tooth or mollusk shell fragment composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Poppy Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Fossilized Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate corals), CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite, Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Fossilized Tooth Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil (Mammalia indet.)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Murex Fossil
Muricidae (Calcium Carbonate fossilization)
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Shell
Phylum Mollusca (Bivalvia or Brachiopoda)
Jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Polished amber-colored stone, possibly chert or jasper
Uncertain from image; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) if chert/jasper
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Triceratops Fossil
Triceratops horridus
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Jasper (Mookaite / Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Bivalvia (fossil specimen)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Lamniformes (order) - likely Cretalamna or Carcharias species
Banded Jasper
Silicate Mineral (Microcrystalline Quartz / SiO2)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossilized Snail Cast)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Commonly CaCO3 or SiO2 after replacement)
Tiger's Eye
Quartz pseudomorph after crocidolite (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial) or Coprolite
Elasmobranchii (fossil) or Coprolite (trace fossil)
Fossilized Dinosaur Skull (Tyrannosaurus rex)
Tyrannosaurus rex (permineralized fossil), rich in Hydroxylapatite/Silica
Dinosaur Fossil (Tyrannosaurus rex skull replica/specimen)
Tyrannosaurus rex (fossilized in permineralized sedimentary matrix)