Chert (and Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral, organic gemstone specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (and Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Calcified / Silicified Wood
Diamond (appearing in jewelry)
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Quartz/Chalcedony replacement)
Chalcedony (Agatized Coral / Rough Chalcedony Node)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily composed of SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (with potential fossil inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Chert (Cherty Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Zebra Marble
Metamorphosed Alabaster/Limestone (CaCO3)
Picture Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Opaque Chert/Quartzite variety
Agatized Fossil (Druzy Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) replacing organic matter
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (containing Glauconite, (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
Limestone (Concretionary or Tufa)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral (Rugosa or Solitary Coral)
Rugosa (Order), often referred to as 'Horn Coral' (Lithostrotionella or Grewingkia)
Chert (Holey Stone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Garden Quartz
Included Quartz (SiO2 with accessory minerals such as Chlorite, Hematite, or Feldspar)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxides
Pyrite on Limestone
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods) in Carboniferous or Devonian Limestone
Chert (Jasper/Limonitic Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Ferruginous Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Fossilized Crinoid Stem Segment
Crinoid (Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide with inclusions) - SiO2
Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2)
Green Moss Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 with inclusions of Manganese/Iron oxides)
Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Septarian Nodule or Mud Crack Fossil
Septarian Nodule (Concretion)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Scapanorhynchus (Sand Tiger Shark relative)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale
Shale (comprised mostly of clay minerals and quartz)
Pyrite Geode (Sparkling Druzy)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Sedimentary Nodule