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Identifying rocks, minerals and fossils
Introduction
What is a rock?
What is a mineral?
What is a fossil?
Rock, mineral or 
    fossil?
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Mineral key
Fossil key
    Plant
    Shell
 
    Tooth
        Fish tooth
        Fish jaw and 
            teeth
        Unknown 
            tooth

    Scales
    Something else
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Tooth fossil key


Your fossil may be an animal's tooth. Does the fossil look like any of the types below?
 

thumbnail image of a fossil fish tooth linking to more information about fossil fish teeth

 thumbnail image of a fossil fish jaw linking to information about fish jaw fossils

thumbnail image of mammoth molar linking to information about tooth fossils
Small (less than 10mm), single pointed tooth or tooth with multiple points Jaw bone with lots of small teeth

 Larger than 10mm, does not fit the other descriptions