Fossiliferous Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Echinoid Fossil
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Fossiliferous Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Echinoid Fossil
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharodon carcharias (fossilized) / Hydroxyapatite permineralized with silica or iron
Tumbled chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert; exact variety uncertain from the image
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Green Moss Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2) with inclusions of hornblende or chlorite
Weathered mineralized rock fragment
Indeterminate; likely quartz–feldspar-rich lithic material with iron-oxide staining
Cobalt Blue Glass / Cullet Glass
Silicon dioxide (Amorphous man-made glass)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Root Portion)
Selachimorpha (partial specimen)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
Fossilized Coral
Cnidaria (Anthozoa), often replaced by Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Chert (with Limestone matrix)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate/Seashell replacement)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (MnSiO₃)
Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide staining)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (Jasper variation)
Chert (Silicate mineral, SiO2)
Petrified Bone (Fossil Bone)
Per mineralization fossil bone (varies by organism, predominantly replacement by SiO2 - Quartz/Chalcedony)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Weathered gray stone, possibly basalt or granitic rock
Indeterminate fine- to medium-grained silicate rock; possible basalt, diabase, or weathered granite
Jasper (specifically Yellow Jasper and Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Glendonite (Calcite Pseudomorph after Ikaite)
Calcite (CaCO3) pseudomorph after Ikaite (CaCO3·6H2O)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Small rounded stone or mineral fragment
Indeterminate; likely a common quartz- or feldspar-bearing silicate fragment
Polished chrysocolla-bearing copper mineral specimen
Chrysocolla, Cu₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O, likely mixed with malachite and limonite/goethite
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Lamniformes (order) fossil
Petrified Bone Pebble
Silicified Fossilized Bone
Fossilized oyster shell
Ostrea/Exogyra sp.; calcium carbonate (mostly calcite)
Tumbled orange-and-white jasper or brecciated chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained jasper; exact variety cannot be confirmed from the image
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Polished Ocean Jasper cabochon
Ocean jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly mixed with chalcedony, feldspar, and iron/manganese oxides
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of cellulose)
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Agate/Quartz Infill
Basalt with Secondary Silicate Mineralization (SiO2)
Poppy Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Calamites Fossil)
Calamites sp. (Silicified/Permineralized Plant Fossil)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Order Rugosa (Rugose Coral)