Purple Agate (Dyed Chalcedony)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with organic dyes
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Purple Agate (Dyed Chalcedony)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with organic dyes
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or Rugose Coral)
Antophyllum (Hexagonaria) or Scleractinia (CaCO3)
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 / Quartz pseudomorph after wood)
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood; primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing woody tissue
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Favosites sp. (Calcite, CaCO3)
Tumbled brown agate (likely moss or plume agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, chiefly chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and possibly mineral inclusions
Septarian Nodule (Micro-fragment)
Septarian Nodule / Concretion (CaCO3 + CaMg(CO3)2 + Quartz)
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), often chalcedony
Dendritic Limestone
Calcite with Manganese Oxide (Manganese Dendrites)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Fossilized wood or plant fragment
Petrified wood (silicified fossil wood; commonly Araucarioxylon or related taxa)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Banded Marble (Egg Carving)
Metamorphic crystalline limestone (predominantly Calcite, CaCO3)
Zebra Rock / Zebra Marble
Banded Limestone-Marble Transition
Petrified wood
Silicified wood, commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing wood tissue
Polished fossiliferous limestone (likely crinoidal or coral limestone)
Bioclastic carbonate rock, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Micritic limestone, likely bioclastic/fossiliferous carbonate rock (predominantly CaCO₃)
Fossil Coral (Rugosa or Solitary Coral)
Rugosa (Order), often referred to as 'Horn Coral' (Lithostrotionella or Grewingkia)
Fossilized wood, likely silicified petrified wood
Silicified wood (fossil wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing organic tissue)
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of cellulose)
Painted River Rock
Painted Quartzite or Smooth Siltstone
Talc
Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Inspirational River Stone (Quartzite)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock (Quartzite) with SiO2 composition
Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite
Dyed Agate Geode Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Painted Pet Rock (Quartzite/Sandstone base)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with anthropomorphic acrylic embellishments
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Silicified/Calcitic)
Painted Garden Rock (likely Granite or Limestone base)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) based substrate with Acrylic/Enamel pigments
Painted River Rock
Polished fluvial clast with acrylic/synthetic pigment coating
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe++)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Amethyst (Resin Carving/Orgonite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Likely graphite-rich schist
Graphite-bearing schist, composed mainly of graphite with possible mica and quartz
Kaolin (China Clay)
Kaolinite [Al2Si2O5(OH)4]
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Talc
Mg3Si4O10(OH)2