Small rounded pebble
Unidentified lithic clast; likely fine-grained sandstone, mudstone, or basalt
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Small rounded pebble
Unidentified lithic clast; likely fine-grained sandstone, mudstone, or basalt
Rounded pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or chert
Indeterminate lithic clast; possibly quartz arenite or microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Unable to Identify (Image Obscured)
Note regarding image quality
Rounded brown sandstone or weathered river cobble
Likely quartz-rich sandstone; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Quartz-bearing rock fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining and possible host-rock grains
Weathered river pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or iron-stained quartzite
Provisional identification: quartz-rich sandstone/quartzite; exact composition cannot be confirmed from the image
Likely small metallic meteorite fragments
Unclassified iron or stony-iron meteorite; mineralogy cannot be confirmed from the image
Dark mafic igneous rock, likely basalt or gabbro
Basalt–gabbroic rock; mainly plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, possibly olivine or magnetite
Bivalve Fossil (Internal Mold)
Class Bivalvia (Indeterminate genus)
Fossil shell fragment
Likely a fossilized brachiopod or bivalve; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Rounded brown pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or weathered quartzite
Indeterminate; probable quartz (SiO₂)-rich sandstone/quartzite with iron-oxide staining
Fine-grained gray sandstone or quartz-rich sedimentary pebble
Likely quartz arenite or lithic sandstone; exact identification requires microscopy or testing
Fossilized tooth, likely mammalian molar
Indeterminate Mammalia; mineralized dentine and enamel
Small white mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz, calcite, or feldspar
Weathered quartz-rich pebble (tentative)
Likely quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, possibly iron-stained
Iron-rich slag or limonite-bearing rock
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly limonite/goethite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O); possibly industrial iron slag
Clear Quartz Sphere
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered sandstone or siltstone
Clastic sedimentary rock, chiefly quartz and feldspar grains cemented by silica, iron oxides, or carbonate
Polished black mineral or volcanic glass fragment
Indeterminate; possibly obsidian or black tourmaline
Quartz-rich breccia or quartzite with iron-oxide veining
Microcrystalline to granular SiO₂ (quartz), with hematite/goethite and minor feldspar or mica
Fossiliferous limestone, possibly an oyster or other bivalve fossil
Calcite (CaCO₃) shell material preserved in micritic limestone; exact fossil taxon cannot be confirmed from one image
Fossiliferous Sandstone / Fossil Fragment
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Matrix with Indeterminate Fossil Material
Fossiliferous Limestone / Fossil Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with indeterminate biogenic remains
Rounded river pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite
Indeterminate quartz-rich clast; predominantly SiO₂
Weathered quartz-rich rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered granite, quartzite, or rhyolite
Fossil shell fragment
Indeterminate molluscan bioclast, likely aragonite or calcite
Pale green translucent mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly fluorite, calcite, or glassy quartz
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, possibly fossil wood or bone
Indeterminate silicified/carbonate fossil in sandstone or mudstone
Likely dark green-gray metamorphic pebble
Indeterminate; possibly chlorite schist, serpentinite, or amphibolite
Sandstone with Brachiopod Mold Fossil
Sedimentary rock (Sandstone) with indeterminate Brachiopod mold
Unidentified Dark Mineral or Rock
Indeterminate (Likely Silicon Dioxide or Carbon-based)
Brown Pebble (River Rock)
Indeterminate (Likely Silicon Dioxide / Quartz-rich)
Fossilized tooth, likely a mammalian tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil tooth; possibly an ungulate or carnivoran tooth
Likely weathered quartz-rich stone
Indeterminate; possibly quartz-bearing granite or milky quartz
Weathered dark rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly basalt or iron-rich volcanic rock
Small rounded pebble, likely quartz-rich river stone
Indeterminate; likely quartz/chert-bearing lithic clast
Fossil shell fragment, likely brachiopod or bivalve
Indeterminate fossilized carbonate shell; possibly Spiriferida (brachiopod)
Rounded gray pebble
Indeterminate; likely a water-worn silicate or carbonate pebble
Greenish translucent mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly serpentine, epidote, or green glassy feldspar
Likely weathered brown rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly basaltic or iron-stained mafic rock
Unidentified weathered rock, possibly quartz-bearing granite or rhyolite
Indeterminate; likely quartz–feldspar-rich silicate rock