Dark gray flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with minor chalcedony and impurities
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Browse mineral (silicate replaced organic material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Dark gray flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with minor chalcedony and impurities
Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or ocean jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil shell impression or shell-bearing limestone
Indeterminate bioclastic carbonate; likely mollusk fragment preserved in limestone or mudstone
Blue glass-like gemstone specimen (likely dyed or synthetic quartz)
Uncertain; possibly blue-dyed quartz or synthetic glass, not confidently identifiable from the image
Sandstone
Arenite
Weathered quartz-rich pebble, possibly granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica aggregate; likely granitoid or gneiss
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Graphite
Graphite (Carbon, C)
Tiger's Eye (Jasper-like Chalcedony)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Pseudomorph after Crocidolite
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Likely tumbled brown jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably colored by iron oxides
Pyrite (Pseudomorph)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Plume Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony Variety
Blue Topaz
Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper locally)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, Formula: SiO2)
Green Calcite (often commercially called Green Onyx)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Flint or chert, possibly a knapped stone tool
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly chalcedony with possible carbonaceous impurities
Tumbled orange chalcedony / jasper
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, likely iron-stained chalcedony or quartz-rich jasper
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely jasper/chert
Fossilized Bone
Fossilized Vertebrate Bone (Per mineralized)
Tumbled yellow-brown quartz/chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly jasper or chalcedony
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-bearing jasper
Weathered sandstone or limestone fragment
Likely quartz-rich sandstone or micritic limestone; exact identification requires testing
Trilobite fossil
Fossilized trilobite; exact genus/species indeterminate
Sandstone (with Moss)
Quartz Arenite / Sandstone
Polished black-and-gold pebble, likely jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably jasper/chert with iron-oxide bands
Fossilized Rugose Coral (Horn Coral)
Order Rugosa
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Epidote
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Horse Tooth
Equus sp. (Tooth)
Black Kyanite
Aluminum Silicate (Al2SiO5)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood
Tumbled dark brown stone, likely jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-oxide-bearing jasper/chert
Jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Quartz-veined Limestone
Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets
Weathered jasper pebble (probable red jasper/chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Pyrite (Fool's Gold) Cube
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)