Sandstone (with iron staining)
Quartz Arenite / Ferruginous Sandstone
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Sandstone (with iron staining)
Quartz Arenite / Ferruginous Sandstone
Chert (or Flint)
Chert (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2
Terracotta (Man-made ceramic brick fragment)
Baked clay / High-iron ceramic (Silicate-based ceramic)
Sandstone
Arenite
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Bituminous Coal (with Anthracite or Vitrinite inclusion)
Organic-rich Sedimentary Rock (Carboniferous classification)
Diamond Druzy (Crystalline Diamond)
Carbon (C)
Hoodoo (Limestone / Siltstone Formation)
Claron Formation (Sedimentary Rock - Limestone, Mudstone, Dolomite)
Polished blue calcite sphere (tentative identification)
Calcite, CaCO₃; blue color generally results from trace impurities or inclusions
Chert (varietal Chalcedony or Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed of SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeO(OH) cement)
Fossilized Bored Limestone
Limestone with Ichnofossils (Gastrochaenolites or Entobia)
Crinoid Fossil Stem Segment
Class Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Probable amber fragment
Amber (fossilized plant resin; chiefly amorphous organic resin, commonly dominated by succinite)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Fe2O3 enriched)
Crushed Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Grey-Green Flint)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Lava Rock (Dyed)
Basalt / Volcanic scoria
Pumice
Pumice (Vitreous volcanic rock)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Sandstone Pebble
Sandstone (SiO2 dominated)
Breccia
Breccia
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Chert (Nodule/Pebble)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Quartz Variety)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Geode (Unopened)
Quartz Geode (SiO2) / Chalcedony Concretion
Chert (Chocolate or Brown Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Man-made Crystal (Lead Glass)
Lead oxide-doped Silica Glass (approx. SiO2 + PbO)
Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
Sandstone (Red/Brown Variety)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 iron oxide inclusions)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Chalk
CaCO3 (primarily Calcium Carbonate), biogenic sedimentary rock
Coral Rock (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Opalite
Man-made synthetic glass with opalescent effects (SiO2 + metal oxides)