Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) + Conchiolin
Category
Browse mineral (biogenic) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) + Conchiolin
Chert (Jasper variation)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pearl (Biogenic Mineraloid)
Calcium carbonate (Aragonite) and Conchiolin, CaCO3
Ammolite
Biogenic gemstone (Aragonite, CaCO3)
Shiva Eye Shell (Operculum)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite), CaCO3
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Pearl
Aragonite (CaCO3 with conchiolin)
Land Snail Shell
Gastropoda (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Pearl
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) - mainly Aragonite with Conchiolin
Fossilized Tiger Shark Tooth
Galeocerdo cuvier (fossilized hydroxylapatite)
Hag Stone
Perforated Sedimentary Rock (typically Limestone or Sandstone)
Oyster Shell Fragment
Crassostrea virginica (or related Bivalvia)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of Aragonite
Pearl (Biogenic Mineral)
Calcium Carbonate (primarily Aragonite) with Conchiolin; CaCO3
Goethite
Goethite (FeO(OH))
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (layered with organic polymers), CaCO3
Red Coral (with Hematite and Black Pearl accents)
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Ammolite
Ammolite (Biogenic Aragonite with trace elements; fossils of Placenticeras meeki and Placenticeras intercalare)
Spiny Oyster Shell
Spondylus varians (Biogenic Calcium Carbonate)
Pearl
Biogenic CaCO3 (Aragonite and Calcite)
Pearl
Aragonite / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pearl
Aragonite and Calcite (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Pearl
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite), CaCO3
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcitic)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Pearl
Organic Mineraloid (CaCO3 + Conchiolin)
Freshwater Pearl
Aragonite / Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Black Pearl (Tahitian-style Cultured Pearl)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) with Conchiolin (CaCO3)
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Abalone Shell (Mother of Pearl)
Aragonite (Biogenic Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite mixed with Conchiolin), CaCO3
Pearl
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) + organic conchiolin (Biogenic Mineral)
Coquina (Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)