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Mineral (Silicate Replaced Organic Material)

Browse mineral (silicate replaced organic material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Calc-Silicate Rock

Calc-Silicate Rock

Talc

Eltyubyuite

Peat

Paracelsian

Black Shale

Petrified Wood

Banalsite

Hemimorphite

Mica

Shattuckite

Skarn

Possible chert or weathered quartzite fragment (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), identification uncertain from the photograph) — sedimentary

Possible chert or weathered quartzite fragment

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), identification uncertain from the photograph

Glauconitic Sandstone (Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (with K,Mg,Fe,Al silicate hydroxide)) — sedimentary

Glauconitic Sandstone

Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (with K,Mg,Fe,Al silicate hydroxide)

Chert (containing small fossils) (Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (containing small fossils)

Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Nodule) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Nodule)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)

Chert Nodules in Limestone (Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Chert Nodules in Limestone

Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Petrified Wood (Silicified wood (Quartz variant, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified wood (Quartz variant, SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood) (Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)) — metamorphic

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)

Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)

Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Chert (Flint pebble) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint pebble)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Fossiliferous Jasper / Miriam Stone / Elephant Skin Jasper (Biogenic Chalcedony / Silicified Fossiliferous Limestone) — fossil

Fossiliferous Jasper / Miriam Stone / Elephant Skin Jasper

Biogenic Chalcedony / Silicified Fossiliferous Limestone

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Green Sandstone (Glauconitic Sandstone) (Glauconitic Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)) — sedimentary

Green Sandstone (Glauconitic Sandstone)

Glauconitic Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)

Fossilized Brachiopod (Brachiopoda (e.g., Atrypa or Rhynchonellida)) — fossil

Fossilized Brachiopod

Brachiopoda (e.g., Atrypa or Rhynchonellida)

Possible fossilized bone fragment (Fossil bone, composition primarily carbonate-hydroxylapatite [Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)]) — fossil

Possible fossilized bone fragment

Fossil bone, composition primarily carbonate-hydroxylapatite [Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)]

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony/SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony/SiO2)

Chert (Concretion or Nodular Variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Concretion or Nodular Variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper) (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony with iron oxides and other silicate inclusions) — mineral

Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony with iron oxides and other silicate inclusions

Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)) — sedimentary

Jasper

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)

Chert Concretion with Iron Oxide Staining (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Concretion with Iron Oxide Staining

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)

Red Jasper (Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions) — sedimentary/mineral

Red Jasper

Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions

sedimentary/mineral

Petrified Wood with Lichen (Silicified Wood (SiO2) colonized by crustose lichens) — fossil

Petrified Wood with Lichen

Silicified Wood (SiO2) colonized by crustose lichens

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)

Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Jasper

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Megalodon Shark Tooth (Otodus megalodon) — fossil

Megalodon Shark Tooth

Otodus megalodon

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Chert Concretion (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Concretion

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Jasper (Green Jasper / Chert) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with inclusions)) — mineral

Jasper (Green Jasper / Chert)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with inclusions)

Mosasaur Tooth Fossil (Mosasaurid vertebrate fossil (Hydroxyapatite)) — mineral

Mosasaur Tooth Fossil

Mosasaurid vertebrate fossil (Hydroxyapatite)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)

Chert Nodule (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Nodule

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)