Greenish chert or serpentine-rich rock
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with chlorite/serpentine inclusions
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Greenish chert or serpentine-rich rock
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with chlorite/serpentine inclusions
Tumbled jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Likely tumbled brown stone
Indeterminate; possibly jasper, chert, or iron-stained quartzite
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Likely red jasper or iron-rich chert fragments
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by hematite/goethite; exact identification requires testing
Quartz (Yellow/Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Quartz Pebble (Grit)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mica-rich schist (likely biotite schist)
Biotite–quartz–feldspar schist; mica is chiefly biotite, K(Mg,Fe)₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂
Weathered basalt pebble
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock; likely olivine- and pyroxene-bearing
Fossil bone fragment
Fossilized vertebrate bone; exact taxon undetermined
Chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony-rich chert)
Likely weathered brown stone, possibly iron-rich sandstone or chert
Indeterminate from image; possible ferruginous sandstone (quartz + iron oxides) or iron-rich chert
Tumbled, weathered limestone or calcareous concretion
Calcite-rich limestone; predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Polished orbicular jasper
Jasper, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Rounded quartz-rich pebble, likely milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly weathered quartzite or chalcedony
Botryoidal chalcedony geode
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with drusy quartz and iron-oxide staining
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Rounded limestone pebble
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Polished breccia (decorative stone)
Likely carbonate breccia: angular carbonate-rock fragments in a calcite-rich matrix; exact identification requires testing
Fossiliferous limestone with a shell fossil
Calcite-rich limestone (primarily CaCO₃), containing a likely fossil shell
Fossil tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossilized selachian tooth, possibly Carcharodon or a related lamniform shark
Polished fossil shell fragment
Likely fossilized bivalve shell; mineralized aragonite/calcite (exact taxon indeterminate)
Fossilized marine shell fragment
Likely a bivalve or gastropod shell preserved as calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Bivalvia; commonly aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃), often recrystallized during fossilization
Fossilized trilobite
Trilobita; likely an enrolled asaphid or phacopid trilobite
Sandstone concretion (Ironstone-stained)
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite staining (Silica-based with Iron Oxides)
Siderite Concretion (Nodule)
Iron Carbonate (FeCO3) Concretion
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Hematite-bonded Concretion
Concretion in Shale
Siltstone/Shale with Siderite or Calcareous concretions
Banded chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide and dark organic/mineral impurities
Shale
Lutaceous sedimentary rock
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Dark shale or mudstone
Fine-grained siliciclastic sedimentary rock, chiefly clay minerals and quartz
Fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate marine mollusk or colonial coral fossil; likely calcite/aragonite replaced by calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet.
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Calcified / Silicified Wood
Tumbled jasper or weathered chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely jasper/chert with iron-oxide impurities
Polished brecciated jasper (likely picture jasper)
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and clay inclusions
Likely tumbled red mineral or glass imitation
Indeterminate; possibilities include red jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or dyed chalcedony
Quartz-bearing mica schist (probable)
Mica schist composed chiefly of quartz and biotite/muscovite mica