Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
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Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Weathered fossil shell fragment
Indeterminate bioclastic carbonate, likely molluscan shell (calcium carbonate, commonly aragonite or calcite)
Blue slag glass or dyed glass-like industrial material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely copper-bearing blue slag, but possibly colored man-made glass
Iron meteorite (probable, possibly industrial iron slag)
Fe–Ni metallic alloy, commonly kamacite and taenite
Likely rough metallic meteorite fragment
Unclassified iron or stony-iron meteorite; identification is uncertain from the image alone
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (Banded Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Coquina
Coquina (Biogenic Limestone / CaCO3)
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Wood Stone (Dragon Stone variant)
Argillaceous Sedimentary Rock
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (siliciclastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of quartz)
Sandstone (Picture Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Chalk
Carbonate rock (mainly CaCO3)
Pyrite-rich Volcanic Rock
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) in Volcanic Matrix
Chalk
Calcite (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Sandstone (arenite, arkose, wacke depending on composition)
Likely slate
Slate, a fine-grained metamorphic rock composed mainly of mica-group minerals and quartz
Sandstone
Arenite
Fossil fish impression or partial fish fossil
Indeterminate fossilized fish; likely compressed vertebrate remains in sedimentary rock
Polished greenstone/serpentine pebble (probable)
Serpentinite, dominated by serpentine-group minerals (lizardite/chrysotile); possible accessory olivine or chlorite
Polished brecciated jasper pendant
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of chalcedony (mostly SiO₂), with iron-oxide staining and likely brecciation
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone Pebble
Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Beach Pebble (Chalcedony / Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone
Porous limestone (likely fossiliferous or weathered limestone)
Calcite-rich limestone; chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Yellow Chert (Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (varietal Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Graphite
Graphite (Carbon, C)
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Sandstone
Arenite
Chert (Common Variety, Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (Alpha-Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)