Siltstone Concretion
Carbonate-cemented Siltstone Concretion
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Siltstone Concretion
Carbonate-cemented Siltstone Concretion
Sandstone (Gneissic or Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed predominantly of SiO2)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, SiO₂
Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite staining
Fossil-bearing Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentum cum fossili
Banded Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz River Pebble (Quartzite)
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Vivianite
Vivianite, Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Ironstone Concretion (Nutstone)
Ironstone (with High Limonite/Hematite Content)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles sp. or similar (Fossilized Fluorapatite)
Rounded quartz-rich beach pebble
Likely milky quartz or quartzite (SiO₂)
Sandstone with Quartz Vein
Arenite with Crystalline Silica (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Turritella Gastropod Fossil
Turritella (mollusk fossil in sedimentary matrix)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Sandstone (Water-worn)
Arenite
Bivalve Fossil (Clam Stone)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Bivalve Internal Mold Fossil
Steinkern (Bivalvia mold)
Rounded gray river cobble, likely basaltic-andesite or andesite
Fine-grained intermediate to mafic volcanic rock; commonly plagioclase ± pyroxene, with possible alteration minerals
Heart-shaped Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (specifically Owyhee or Picture Jasper variety)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
River Pebble (Gravel Pebble)
Stream-rounded Rock / Siliciclastic Pebble
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Sandstone (Graywacke)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic Sandstone)
Shale
Laminated Mudstone
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Iron-potassium phyllosilicate mineral: (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Bioapatite (Calcium Hydroxyapatite) replacement
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth
Fossilized oyster shell in limestone
Bivalvia fossil; chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Bumblebee Jasper (technically Bumblebee Stone)
Calcite, Aragonite, and Realgar/Orpiment mixture (SiO2 + CaCO3 + As2S3/As2S2)
Leopard Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Iron Concretion
Ferruginous concretion (Fe2O3·nH2O / FeO(OH))
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
River Rock
Polished Siliceous Rock / Quartzite Pebble
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion
Ferruginous Siltstone/Ironstone (Fe2O3)
Sandstone Concretion
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion
Sandstone (likely Greywacke variant)
Arenite
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silicate-rich)
Glauconite
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2