Limestone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (primarily CaCO3)
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Limestone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (primarily CaCO3)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Calcareous or Siliceous Matrix
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Marble
Recrystallized Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Chert (variously Flints)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Veined Limestone
Sedimentary Calcite-Veined Rock (CaCO3)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Arenite with Hematite/Limonite cement
River Cobble (Gneiss/Schist mix)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Gneissic/Schistose)
River Rocks (Black)
Various lithologies (e.g., basalt, chert, obsidian for black varieties), mechanically rounded clasts
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Druzy Quartz on Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone (with banding/weathering)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (Clastic sedimentary rock, predominantly SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Agate / Chalcedony Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Wishing Stone (Quartz-veined Sedimentary Pebble)
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz vein (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone with Iron Oxide Staining
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite alteration
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Shale
Fissile Mudrock (Clay-rich Sedimentary Rock)
Shale
Mudstone/Shale
Sandstone (Limonitic/Arkose)
Sandstone (primarily SiO2 with FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Greywacke/Siltstone variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed primarily of Quartz SiO2 and Feldspar)
Moss-covered Limestone with Quartz/Calcite Pocket
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) rock with biological moss coating
Chert Breccia
Brecciated Chert (Microcrystalline SiO2)
Shale
Shale (Sedimentary rock composed of mud/clay minerals)
Fossilized Favosites (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Bone (Vertebrate Fossil)
Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Yellow Ochre / Limonite
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Opal
Hydrated amorphous silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Gryphaea or Exogyra (Family Ostreidae)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry with Arfvedsonite