Chert (Beach Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Chert (Beach Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coal
Bituminous or Anthracite coal (carbon-rich sedimentary rock)
Coral Fossil (Agatized Coral or Petoskey Stone)
Hexagonaria percarinata (if Petoskey) or generally Scleractinia (Agatized Coral)
Coal (Anthracite or Bituminous)
Lithified plant matter (Carbon)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Gastropod Fossil (Internal Mold)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Steinkern)
Sandstone with Dendritic Manganese Oxides
Sandstone (SiO2 predominant) with Oxide Dendrites (MnO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Hash)
Bioclastic Grainstone / Calcarenite
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biomicrite / Limestone with fossils
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Organic Inclusions
Ironstone (likely siderite or goethite-rich siltstone)
Ferruginous Siltstone
Sandstone (with carbonaceous plant fragments)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Tumbled tree agate (dendritic agate)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with manganese/iron-oxide dendrites
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Dendritic Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with manganese/iron oxide inclusions
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Chert Conglomerate (or Breccia)
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (variety: Ferruginous Chert Breccia)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Sandstone
Arenite (often composed of Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone with Iron Staining
Arenite (SiO2 based with Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Lamniformes (Shark tooth fossil composed of Fluorapatite)
Sandstone (likely with Borings or Vesicular Basalt)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Liesegang Rings (in Sandstone or Siltstone)
Ferruginous Sandstone with Liesegang Banding
Fossiliferous Limestone / Fossil Fragment
Calcium Carbonate Matrix with Biogenic Inclusions (CaCO3)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras regulare (Class Cephalopoda)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoid stem fossils)
Sedimentary Limestone with Crinoidea ossicles
Ammonite Fossil (Small Pyritized or Calcitized Internal Mold)
Ammonoidea
Amber
Succinite / Fossilized Tree Resin
Dinosaur Bone (Petrified/Agatized)
Permineralized Dinosauria Bone (Silicate Replacement)
Shale
Fissile mudstone (primarily clay minerals and silt-sized quartz)
Fossilized Bone
Vertebrate Fossil Fragment (Calcium Phosphate / Hydroxyapatite)