Likely quartz-rich rock fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly in a granitic or pegmatitic matrix
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Likely quartz-rich rock fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly in a granitic or pegmatitic matrix
Likely quartz-rich mineral fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained or included quartz
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Exposed shoreline bedrock and sediment
Unidentified natural rock; the image does not show enough detail for a specific geological identification
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Hematite Concretion
Mixed gravel and small stones
Unsorted gravel; individual clasts are not identifiable from the image
Concretion
Septarian Concretion
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Ammonite fossil
Fossilized ammonoid cephalopod; likely an ammonite such as Desmoceras or similar Jurassic–Cretaceous form
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (typically Quartz/Silica with Iron Oxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 / Quartz pseudomorph after wood)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Milky quartz (rough fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Banded Sandstone or Quartzite Pebble
SiO2 (dominant) with impurities
Fossilized gastropod (snail)
Gastropoda indet.; likely a mineral-replaced or steinkern fossil
White quartz pebbles
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Foliated metamorphic rock, likely biotite gneiss or schist
Biotite-rich gneiss/schist; chiefly quartz, feldspar, and biotite mica
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide/Quartz)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of cellulose)
Probable fossil-bearing rock or mineral concretion
Unidentified carbonate-rich concretion with a possible fossil inclusion
Rounded quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky or smoky quartz
Small rounded pebble, possibly quartz-rich stone
Indeterminate from image; likely quartz-bearing silicate rock
Banded ironstone (likely jasper-rich ironstone)
Iron-rich chert/jasper with iron oxides, chiefly hematite and goethite; exact identification requires testing
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony - SiO2)
Ironstone concretion
Iron-oxide-cemented sediment, commonly goethite (FeO(OH)) and hematite (Fe₂O₃)
Small fossilized tooth, possibly a shark tooth
Indeterminate fossil tooth; species cannot be identified from this image
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich concretion or sedimentary rock
Likely ferruginous sandstone or ironstone concretion; exact identification is not possible from the image alone
Gravel
Unconsolidated rock fragments / detrital sediment
Milky quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely massive or microcrystalline quartz
Probable fossil tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate tooth; species cannot be identified from this image
Weathered granitic cobble
Granite, composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica/amphibole
Banded gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Waterworn pebble, possibly iron-rich basalt or river stone
Unidentified lithic clast; composition cannot be determined reliably from the image
Glauconitic Sandstone
Greensand (Glauconite-bearing sandstone)
Fossil bone, possibly a vertebra
Fossilized vertebrate bone; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)