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Anthropogenic Sedimentary Style Organic Solid

Browse anthropogenic sedimentary style organic solid specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Sapropel

Bituminous Shale

Bituminous Shale

Oil Shale

Black Shale

Chert (Red Jasper variant) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Red Jasper variant)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Amber in Matrix (Succinite (Carbon-based organic polymer)) — Organic (Sedimentary context)

Amber in Matrix

Succinite (Carbon-based organic polymer)

Organic (Sedimentary context)

Oyster Shell Fragment (Crassostrea virginica (or related Bivalvia)) — fossil

Oyster Shell Fragment

Crassostrea virginica (or related Bivalvia)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Limestone with Bitumen/Chert (Calcite (CaCO3) containing organic hydrocarbons) — sedimentary

Limestone with Bitumen/Chert

Calcite (CaCO3) containing organic hydrocarbons

Chert (Yellow Jasper) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Yellow Jasper)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper) (Silicon dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Fossiliferous Limestone (Biogenic Sedimentary Rock) — sedimentary

Fossiliferous Limestone

Biogenic Sedimentary Rock

Shale (Shale (comprised mostly of clay minerals and quartz)) — sedimentary

Shale

Shale (comprised mostly of clay minerals and quartz)

Shale (Fissile Mudstone (Shale)) — sedimentary

Shale

Fissile Mudstone (Shale)

Limestone or Sandstone Cobble (Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)) — sedimentary

Limestone or Sandstone Cobble

Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)

Pearl necklace (Pearl, primarily aragonite (CaCO₃) and conchiolin) — gemstone

Pearl necklace

Pearl, primarily aragonite (CaCO₃) and conchiolin

Chert Concretion / Nodule (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Concretion / Nodule

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Limestone (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Limestone

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Quartz-veined Limestone (Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets) — sedimentary

Quartz-veined Limestone

Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Chert (Field Stone) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Field Stone)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert Nodule (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Nodule

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert / Flint (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Flint

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Graphite (Graphite (Carbon, C)) — mineral

Graphite

Graphite (Carbon, C)

Jasper (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Jasper

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Jasper (Silicon dioxide (Microcrystalline quartz, SiO2)) — mineral

Jasper

Silicon dioxide (Microcrystalline quartz, SiO2)

Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Jasper

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Fossilized Nut / Coprolite / Concretion (Trace Fossil / Permineralized Plant Material) — fossil

Fossilized Nut / Coprolite / Concretion

Trace Fossil / Permineralized Plant Material

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Fossilized Bone (Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil) — sedimentary

Fossilized Bone

Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil

Chert (often called Flint in various colors) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint in various colors)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Graphite (Graphite (Native Carbon), Formula: C) — Metamorphic

Graphite

Graphite (Native Carbon), Formula: C

Graphite (Graphite (Carbon, C)) — metamorphic

Graphite

Graphite (Carbon, C)

Banded Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Banded Chert

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Fossil Coral (Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)) — sedimentary

Fossil Coral

Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)

Pyrite (Fool's Gold) (Iron Sulfide (FeS2)) — mineral

Pyrite (Fool's Gold)

Iron Sulfide (FeS2)

Jasper containing fossilized inclusions (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities and biogenic inclusions) — sedimentary

Jasper containing fossilized inclusions

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities and biogenic inclusions

Yellow Jasper (Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Yellow Jasper

Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)

Chert / Flint (Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Flint

Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)

Natural freshwater pearls (Pearl (nacreous calcium carbonate; chiefly aragonite, CaCO₃)) — gemstone

Natural freshwater pearls

Pearl (nacreous calcium carbonate; chiefly aragonite, CaCO₃)

Bituminous Coal (Organic-rich sedimentary rock (Complex hydrocarbons)) — sedimentary

Bituminous Coal

Organic-rich sedimentary rock (Complex hydrocarbons)

Chert (Jasper) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)