Chert (Limestone-based)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Chert (Limestone-based)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Montana Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (Calcium carbonate, CaCO3)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Fossilized Angel Wing Shell
Cyrtopleura costata
Optical Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Carnelian
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with Iron Oxide impurities)
Banded Black Onyx (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Blue Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcite (CaCO3) matrix containing Rugosa (order of extinct solitary and colonial corals)
Hag Stone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (often Chert, Flint, or Limestone)
Dendritic Siltstone (or Mudstone)
Siltstone with Manganese Oxide dendrites
Chert (Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil / Permineralized Bone
Tyrannosaurus rex fossil (Hydroxylapatite replaced by various minerals)
Jasper (specifically Polychrome or Desert Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide with impurities (SiO2)
Agate (River Pea)
Microcrystalline Chalcedony (SiO2)
Chert (Agate/Flint variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Map Jasper (Grey Picasso Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Scleractinia (fossil order), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron hydroxides (Goethite)
Vuggy Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coral Fossil (Favosites)
Favosites (Calcite/Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Jasper (Petrified Wood Variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Carbonaceous inclusions
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite / Dolomite (CaCO3)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]
Chert (Black Chert/Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (and Limestone)
Chert (consisting of Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Shale with Vein Infillings
Shale (a fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock). The veins could be Calcite (CaCO3), Quartz (SiO2), or other minerals.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Jasper pebble
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Potassium Feldspar
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Chert (specifically Banded Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)