Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
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Browse mineral (silicate replaced organic material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Polished ocean jasper (likely orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron oxides and other silicates
Possible chert or weathered quartzite fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), identification uncertain from the photograph
Bivalve Fossil (Clam Stone)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles or Otodus sp. (Micro-fossilized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz variant, SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Chert Nodules in Limestone
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Jasper (Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood with Lichen
Silicified Wood (SiO2) colonized by crustose lichens
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variation)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Polished rainbow jasper (likely ocean/imperial jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides and varied silicate inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone (Glauconitic)
Glauconitic Quartz Sandstone (SiO2 + (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Polished brown jasper or brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly mixed with iron oxides and other silicates
Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony with iron oxides and other silicate inclusions
Megalodon Shark Tooth
Otodus megalodon
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Flint pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Prehnite
Calcium aluminum silicate hydroxide - Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Green Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone
Likely tumbled or polished fossil shell
Fossilized mollusk shell; exact species cannot be determined from this image