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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?
 Rock key
 Mineral key

Fossil Key
    Plant
    Shell
    Tooth
    Scales
    Something else

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 Fossil key

Your specimen is probably a fossil. Which of the fossil types below does it look most similar to? 
 

image of plant fossil linking to plant fossil key

 image of shell fossil linking to shell fossil key image of fish tooth fossil linking to tooth fossil key image of fossil fish scales linking to information about fossilised scales
Plant Shell Tooth Scales
 
image of auroch skull linking to general information about fossils and how to do further research
Something else