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A coiled shell from a fast-evolving group of ancient ocean animals.

A remarkable fossil arthropod with a three-lobed armoured body.

A serrated tooth from one of the largest predatory sharks ever known.

Ancient wood whose original material was slowly replaced by minerals.

A durable clue left behind by an ancient marine predator.

One of Earth's most common minerals and a master of crystal shapes.

Quartz coloured violet by iron and natural irradiation.

A vivid green copper mineral famous for rings and flowing bands.

A brassy metallic mineral that often forms near-perfect cubes.

A colourful mineral whose crystals can glow under ultraviolet light.

A coarse-grained rock made as magma cooled slowly underground.

Dark volcanic rock formed when lava cools quickly at the surface.

Sand grains pressed into a record of ancient landscapes.

Fine rock transformed by pressure into strong, flat sheets.

Limestone recrystallised by heat and pressure into interlocking crystals.