Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Flint
Chert (Silicon dioxide, SiO2)
Chert Nodules in Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (variously known as Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shungite
Non-crystalline carbonoid (Shungite)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Chert (Arrowhead variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Mother of Pearl and Onyx
Aragonite (Mother of Pearl) and Chalcedony (Onyx)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified wood
Silicified fossil wood, primarily quartz (SiO₂) replacing cellulose
Fossil gastropod shell
Fossilized marine gastropod; exact genus/species cannot be determined from the image
Mocha Stone (Dendritic Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron inclusions
Fossiliferous Sandstone / Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock (Clastic with Fossiliferous Inclusions)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Moss-covered Limestone with Quartz/Calcite Pocket
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) rock with biological moss coating
Glauconite
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Likely coal (possibly anthracite)
Coal, composed chiefly of carbon-rich organic matter; rank cannot be confirmed from the photograph
Tumbled brown chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized bone fragment
Petrified vertebrate bone; mineralized hydroxyapatite replaced or infilled by silica/carbonates
Polished amber (likely copal or amber)
Fossilized tree resin; amber is predominantly polymerized diterpenoid resin, while copal is younger, incompletely polymerized resin
Septarian nodule (likely polished)
Calcite- and/or aragonite-filled mudstone concretion; commonly Fe-bearing claystone/mudstone matrix
Ironstone Concretion (Boxwork)
Siderite-Limonite Concretion (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Unidentified Dark Mineral or Rock
Indeterminate (Likely Silicon Dioxide or Carbon-based)
Polished green moss agate cabochon
Moss agate: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with included chlorite/actinolite or iron-manganese minerals
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin
Fluorite
Fluorite (CaF2)
Amber
Fossilized tree resin