Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Herkimer Diamond
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Likely petrified wood or silicified fossil fragment
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Banded Sandstone (Wonderstone)
Sandstone with Liesegang Rings (SiO2 with Iron Oxides)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex rock consisting primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2)
Sandstone (with iron staining)
Quartz Arenite / Ferruginous Sandstone
Goldstone and pink quartz bead strands
Goldstone is aventurescent copper-bearing glass; pink beads are likely rose quartz (SiO₂), though dyed or glass imitations are possible
Aragonite (specifically Mexican Marbled Onyx)
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Slate
Coquina Limestone
Coquina (Biogenic Limestone)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate / Apatite fossil)
Flint (or Chert with cortex)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Tektite
Natural impact glass
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper if reddish)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Coquina
Coquina (Biogenic Limestone / CaCO3)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Mudstone)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (with Desert Varnish/Iron Stain)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions, SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Coquina (composed primarily of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Diorite
Diorite
Carnelian
SiO2 (Quartz variety)
Carnelian
Carnelian Chalcedony (SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Carnelian (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (varietal Jasper or Mudstone Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Smoky Quartz Cluster
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Pink calcite (likely)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Jadeite Jade
NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
Carnelian
Carnelian (variety of Chalcedony, SiO2)
Carnelian (Polished Cabochon)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Sardonyx
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn, Fe, Mg, Ca)SiO3
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Green Jasper / Plasma
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2 with inclusions
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid ossicle (Phylum Echinodermata)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)