Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Category
Browse mineral (silicate replaced organic material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Limestone or Sandstone Cobble
Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)
Silicified Gastropod Fossil (Agatized Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class) preserved in Chalcedony/Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Dendritic jasper/chalcedony
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with manganese-oxide dendrites
Unakite
Epidotized Granite (Fe, Ca, Al silicate + KAlSi3O8)
Chert or chalcedony nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly weathered chert
Enrolled Trilobite Fossil
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Trilobita (likely Calymene or Flexicalymene)
Chert with Limestone Cortex
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert
Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silicate-rich)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (likely brown flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedonic quartz aggregate)
Kaolinite (Chalky Clay)
Kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4)
Fossilized Shark Teeth
Otodus sp. (Eocene Sand Tiger/Mackerel Shark)
Bivalve Fossil
Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca)
Chert (and Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Tektite
Impactite (Natural Silicate Glass)
Chert (Yellow/Brown variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz / Chalcedonized wood, SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Megalodon or Carcharocles fragment)
Elasmobranchii (Fossilized tooth root / crown section)
Tumbled brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), commonly iron-oxide stained
Biotite (Mica)
K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2
Biotite (Mica)
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Polished ocean jasper (orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with chalcedony, iron oxides, and assorted silicate inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil gastropod (snail)
Fossilized gastropod shell, likely a marine mollusk; exact genus cannot be determined from the image
Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Likely weathered gray stone or chert fragment
Uncertain; possibly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)-rich chert
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Zircon
Zirconium Silicate (ZrSiO₄)
Tektite
Natural impact glass