Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
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Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Sandstone Concretion
Moqui Marble / Iron-oxide Concretion (SiO2 with Hematite/Goethite)
Picture Jasper (specifically Biggs or Deschutes variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Polychrome Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Cream River Jasper
Silicified microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled brown jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide impurities
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Banded Sandstone / Siltstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone / Siltstone)
Banded iron formation fragment (likely hematite–magnetite ironstone)
BIF; chiefly hematite (Fe₂O₃), magnetite (Fe₃O₄), and silica as microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
River Rock (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Tektite (Indochinite)
Tektite (High-silica impactite glass)
Fossilized Shark Tooth or Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil (likely Carcharodon or similar genus)
Fossilized Wood (Petrified Wood)
Silicified Wood (primarily quartz/chalcedony replacing organic matter)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Elasmobranchii (Lamniformes order likely)
Mixed Crushed Stone
Aggregate (varied mineral composition)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes (Possibly Cretalamna or Otodus)
Chert Nodule in Limestone
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Likely quartz-rich metamorphic rock (quartzite or quartz-veined schist)
Quartzite/siliceous schist; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), with probable mica and iron-oxide staining
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Shale or Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper (Picture Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Tumbled blue-gray stone beads, likely labradorite or dyed quartz
Probable labradorite (plagioclase feldspar; approximately NaAlSi₃O₈–CaAl₂Si₂O₈), though exact identification requires testing
Amber
Succinite (a common variety of fossilized resin)
Fossilized Gastropod Internal Mold
Gastropoda (Steinkern fossil)
Tumbled banded sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone (chiefly SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained
Possible basalt or iron-rich concretion
Basaltic rock, likely composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene; exact identification requires testing
Polished fossilized ammonite or nautiloid shell
Ammonoidea or Nautiloidea; originally aragonitic shell, commonly replaced by calcite or chalcedony
Concretion
Calcareous/Siliceous Concretion
Sandstone (with Laminations)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz-based)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Painted River Pebble (likely Basalt or Greywacke)
Aphanitic Lithic Clast with Anthropogenic Pigment coating
Garnet-bearing metamorphic rock, likely mica schist
Biotite–garnet schist; commonly includes quartz, feldspar, biotite, and almandine garnet
Pyrite in Matrix (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron oxide staining (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Ruby (Raw Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
Red jasper
Jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), iron-oxide-rich variety
Tumbled orange jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Tumbled quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)