Weathered fossiliferous limestone pebble (possible fossil fragment)
Calcite-rich limestone, primarily CaCO₃; the visible lines may be calcite-filled fractures
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Weathered fossiliferous limestone pebble (possible fossil fragment)
Calcite-rich limestone, primarily CaCO₃; the visible lines may be calcite-filled fractures
Tumbled brown pebble
Indeterminate; possibly weathered basalt or iron-stained quartzite
Fossil shell
Likely a fossilized marine bivalve shell; exact taxon is indeterminate from the image.
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Iron Concretion
Ferruginous concretion (Fe2O3·nH2O / FeO(OH))
Leopard Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Weathered, iron-stained pebble
Likely ferruginous sandstone or iron-oxide-cemented rock; exact identification requires examination
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartzite or silicified rock with iron-oxide staining; chiefly SiO₂
Quartz-rich pebble, possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), potentially metamorphic quartzite
Jasper (specifically Owyhee or Picture Jasper variety)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (Graywacke)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic Sandstone)
Dark brown river-worn stone (rock type indeterminate)
Unidentified fine-grained rock; the photograph does not show diagnostic features for a reliable species-level identification.
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Fossil-bearing limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (mainly CaCO₃), with a possible shell fossil
White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely massive milky quartz
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Small quartz-rich stone, possibly milky quartz or quartz-bearing rock
Quartz (SiO₂), identification uncertain from image
Iron-rich jasper (likely rough jasper/chert)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Pitted Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Rounded pebble, likely fine-grained river stone
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Fossilized bivalve shell
Calcitic or aragonitic mollusk shell, commonly Bivalvia; exact species indeterminate
Banded Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz-rich granite pebble
Granite, composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica
Water and Silt (Sedimentary Environment)
Suspended Sediment / H2O (dihydrogen monoxide)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone, CaCO₃, with possible fossil or shell fragments
Banded Sedimentary Rock
Stratified Siliciclastic / Arenite or Siltstone with Mineral Bands
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Iron-potassium phyllosilicate mineral: (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Bumblebee Jasper (technically Bumblebee Stone)
Calcite, Aragonite, and Realgar/Orpiment mixture (SiO2 + CaCO3 + As2S3/As2S2)
Layered sandstone (likely building stone)
Quartz-rich sandstone; exact variety cannot be determined from the image
Quartz-rich pebble, likely milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide or feldspar impurities
Quartz fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dark, weathered rock fragment (possibly basalt or iron-rich stone)
Indeterminate; possible basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene rock)
Unidentified smooth stones
Undetermined from the image; the specimens may be water-worn pebbles of different compositions.
Heart-shaped Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iron-rich rock fragment (possibly ironstone or limonite/goethite)
Likely ironstone composed largely of goethite/limonite; image alone cannot confirm
Sandstone (Water-worn)
Arenite
Small quartz fragment, possibly milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Fossil gastropod (snail)
Fossilized gastropod shell, likely a marine mollusk; exact genus cannot be determined from the image
Ironstone Concretion
Ferruginous Siltstone/Ironstone (Fe2O3)