Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 permineralization)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 permineralization)
Fossilized tooth, likely a mammalian tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil tooth; possibly an ungulate or carnivoran tooth
Mixed Quartz and Jasper Pebbles
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Travertine (Tufa)
Chemical Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Class) - Often found as Micraster or Clypeaster specimens
Polished amber-like agate or jasper carving
Likely chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly iron-stained carnelian/jasper; exact identification requires testing
Chert Fossil (Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with biogenic inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of cellulose)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (principally SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (and Petrified Wood)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Calcite / CaCO3)
Pearl strand
Nacreous pearl, primarily aragonite (CaCO₃) with conchiolin protein
Honeycomb Coral Fossil
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Pyrite
Pyrite (FeS2)
Polished fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, commonly crinoidal or shell-rich micrite
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Calcite-rich limestone or travertine
Calcite, CaCO₃; likely crystalline limestone/travertine with possible aragonite
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony variety)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Coral (Petoskey / Horn Coral Sliced Button)
Scleractinia / Rugosa (Silurian-Devonian Anthozoa)
Chert (Jasper variation)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert Nodule
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Asphalt aggregate
Human-made bituminous asphalt containing crushed silicate rock aggregate
Honey calcite (orange calcite)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Moss Agate and Hematite
Silica (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions of Manganese or Iron; Hematite (Fe2O3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing Indeterminate Fossil remains (likely Crinoid stem or Bryozoan fragment)
Fossiliferous Siltstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) featuring Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colony corals)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin); C10H16O
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Lazulite
Lazulite (Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)