Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse organic (often found by beachcombers) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Chert (Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger or Mackerel Shark)
Carcharias sp. or Otodus sp. replaced by Hydroxylapatite/Calcium Carbonate
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (and Flint variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Knightia Fossil in Limestone
Knightia eocaena in micritic limestone
Black Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (Organic Mineraloid)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Onyx (Black) and Mother of Pearl Inlay
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for Onyx; Aragonite (CaCO3) for Mother of Pearl
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Coquina (Organic Clastic Limestone)
Dendritic Limestone
Calcite with Manganese Oxide (Manganese Dendrites)
Chert (Arrowhead variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Smooth River Pebble)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Chert / Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline context of Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Shale Matrix
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Brachiopod or Mollusk shell fragments
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Manganese-coated Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock with Manganese Oxide (often Pyrolusite or Psilomelane)
Chert (concretionary/nodular variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with possible fossil or mineral inclusions
Black Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (Resin C10H16O)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Hydroxyapatite replaced by Minerals)
Chert (often called Jasper in this color)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Chert Nodule in Limestone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper with Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite Geode
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Flint
Chert (Silicon dioxide, SiO2)
Fossilized Crab Carapace (Concretion)
Decapoda (fossil), typically preserved in calcite or siderite concretion
Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper (Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions