Silicified fossil-bearing limestone (likely chert/agate replacement)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing carbonate rock; possible fossiliferous limestone
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Silicified fossil-bearing limestone (likely chert/agate replacement)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing carbonate rock; possible fossiliferous limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid Stem
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Druzy Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Crushed Stone Ballast
Crushed Limestone or Granite Aggregate
Chert (Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli (in Matrix)
Na8[Al6Si6O24]S2 (Lazurite as the primary component)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), likely bioclastic limestone
Weathered gray stone, likely limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly dolomitic limestone
Polished fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, commonly crinoidal limestone (calcite, CaCO₃)
Quartz-rich pebble, possibly chert or silicified limestone
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (or Flint)
Chert (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2
Calcite on Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) on Sedimentary Rock
Fossil Coral in Limestone
Scleractinia (Anthomastodon or similar) in Sedimentary Calcarenite
Sphalerite
Zinc Sulfide (ZnS)
Fossilized echinoid (sea urchin), likely a flint/chalk-associated test
Echinoid fossil; likely a regular echinoid such as Echinocidaris or related taxon, composed mainly of recrystallized calcite (CaCO₃)
Chert Concretion
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz-veined Limestone
Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (primary mineral: Lazurite, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Fossil Coral (Petoskey Stone or Favosites)
Favosites (specifically Hexagonaria percarinata if silica-replaced Michigan type)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (with Quartz veins)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rounded limestone pebble
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃), with possible shell or coral fossil molds
Limestone with Calcite Veins
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Crinoid Marble
Crinoidal Limestone/Marble
Lapis Lazuli and Amazonite
Complex silicate mineral aggregates (Lazurite, Calcite, Pyrite & Microcline feldspar)
Brown Marble
Metamorphic Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Elephant Skin Stone
Weathered Dolomitic Limestone
Coquina
Coquina (Bioclastic Limestone)
Travertine (Tufa)
Chemical Limestone (CaCO3)
Marble
Metamorphosed Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina
Coquina Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Coral Imprint
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)