Conglomerate Pebble (with Chert / Quartz)
Sedimentary Conglomerate / Breccia Pebble
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Conglomerate Pebble (with Chert / Quartz)
Sedimentary Conglomerate / Breccia Pebble
Seashell (Calcium Carbonate)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral
Tabulate Coral (potentially Favosites or Calapoecia)
Gastropod Steinkern (Internal Mold Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class); Internal mold or 'Steinkern' composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Sedimentary matrix
Fossil shell fragment in sedimentary rock
Indeterminate marine mollusk shell; likely a bivalve or gastropod fossil
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Weathered Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary limestone with invertebrate fossil imprint
Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Banded Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock with Liesegang banding
Banded Sedimentary Rock
Stratified Siliciclastic / Arenite or Siltstone with Mineral Bands
Chert (Sedimentary Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sedimentary Rock Fragments
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Weathered Sedimentary Rock with Liesegang Rings
Sandstone or Siltstone with Iron Oxide Banding
Shale with Quartz Vein
Argillaceous Shale with Silicon Dioxide Vein
Banded Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock with Liesegang banding
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossil Imprint
Banded Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock with Quartz/Feldspar Vein
Banded Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock with mineral veins/banding
Fossil in Shale
Fossiliferous Shale
Fossil bivalve or brachiopod in sedimentary rock
Unidentified fossil shell impression; likely a ribbed bivalve or brachiopod preserved in shale/siltstone
Banded Sedimentary Rock (Siltstone/Mudstone with concretion)
Siltstone with Ferruginous Banding
Quartzite Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2 rich)
Pitted Sedimentary Rock / Cupstone
Sedimentary rock with weathering pit (arenite / sandstone)
Banded sedimentary rock (likely sandstone or siltstone)
Layered siliciclastic sedimentary rock; exact identification is not possible from the image alone
Quartz-veined Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock with hydrothermal quartz veins
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock (possible bone or shell fossil)
Unidentified fossiliferous sedimentary matrix; exact fossil and host rock cannot be determined from the image
Vein-filled Sedimentary Rock
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz/calcite vein
Sedimentary Rock (Limestone or Siltstone pebble)
Sedimentary rock fragment
Mixed sedimentary rock and mineral specimens
Predominantly limestone, chert, sandstone, and iron-oxide-bearing clasts; exact identification requires testing
Moqui Marble (Shaman Stone)
Iron Oxide Concretion (Goethite/Hematite shell with Sandstone core)
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock (Coquina/Limestone)
Fossiliferous Calcarenite / Bioclastic Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with marine fossils
Weathered stone pebble (exact rock type indeterminate)
Unidentified fine-grained rock; composition cannot be determined from the image
Fossil-bearing Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentum cum fossili
Chert Nodules in Sedimentary Rock
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Clastic Matrix
Brachiopod Fossil in Sedimentary Rock
Phylum Brachiopoda fossil imprint in sedimentary matrix
Weathered sedimentary rock, possibly sandstone
Indeterminate clastic sediment; probable quartz-rich sandstone
Unidentified pale sedimentary rock, likely limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous or weathered micritic limestone
Common Pebble / Sedimentary Rock Fragment
Lithified clastic sediment
Fossiliferous Limestone (or Bryozoan/Coral Fossil Pebble)
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, possibly fossil wood or bone
Indeterminate silicified/carbonate fossil in sandstone or mudstone