Fossil Snail
Gastropoda fossil
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Fossil Snail
Gastropoda fossil
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Blue Cat's Eye Quartz (Heated/Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions
Vuggy Limestone
Carbonate Sedimentary Rock with Vuggy Porosity (CaCO3)
Flint
Chert (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodular)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharodonta (order Lamniformes), likely Carcharias spp.
Chert Nodule (with Geode cavity)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Flint (Chert)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Black Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil
Otodus megalodon (fossilized in sedimentary matrix)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gypsum (Wallboard/Drywall)
Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O)
Chert Nodule
Chert (SiO2)
Geode (Unopened)
Vug or Geode (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) with Hematite inclusions, SiO2
Chert (Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharocles (Otodus) sp. or similar fossilized Chondrichthyes tooth
Bicolor Quartz Tumble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (containing Flint and Calcareous inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) impurities
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled goldstone-like quartz pebble
Likely iron-stained quartz or jasper; exact identification requires testing
Quartz (Milky or Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Jade (Nephrite)
Nephrite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Blue-gray metamorphic rock, likely gneiss or schist
Quartz–feldspar–mica assemblage; exact identification requires testing
Iron-stained chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely hematite/goethite-bearing
Polished red jasper (likely hematite-bearing jasper)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored chiefly by iron oxides such as hematite/goethite
Milky quartz with iron-oxide staining
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely massive or coarsely crystalline; brown areas are limonite/goethite staining
Fossilized bivalve shell in limestone
Calcitic fossil shell; likely an oyster or other rudist/bivalve (Bivalvia), preserved in carbonate rock
Red jasper
Jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), iron-oxide-rich variety