Polished agate or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, possibly iron-oxide-bearing
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Polished agate or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, possibly iron-oxide-bearing
Polished/tumbled brown stone, likely brown jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably jasper/chert; exact identification requires testing
Polished agate/geode fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with possible calcite or quartz cavity lining
Tumbled agate or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely agate/chalcedony
Banded ironstone pebble
Jasper-rich iron formation; chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Tumbled brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), likely iron-stained jasper
Likely tumbled jasper or agate
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-rich jasper
Tumbled reddish-brown stone, possibly jasper or iron-rich quartzite
Uncertain from image; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled pink banded agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), an agate variety
Tumbled jasper or rhyolitic volcanic rock
Microcrystalline quartz-bearing rhyolite/jasper; commonly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and iron-oxide minerals
Septarian Nodule
Septarian concretion (composition: Calcium carbonate, Aragonite, and Siderite/Baryte)
Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata
Polished septarian nodule
Calcite–aragonite–barite septarian concretion, commonly in a claystone or limestone matrix
Polished/tumbled septarian nodule (likely)
Calcite–aragonite–barite septarian concretion; composition varies, commonly calcite (CaCO₃) with clay/mudstone and iron oxides
Polished agate/jasper nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide impurities
Tumbled banded metamorphic stone
Likely banded gneiss or migmatitic gneiss; exact identification requires testing
Agate Geode Node
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dyed Purple Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Dyed Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey-like or Favosites)
Anthozoa (Fossilized Coral)
Thunderegg (specifically a Jasper/Agate-filled Geode nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Rhyolitic Matrix
Rounded weathered stone
Indeterminate; likely a fine-grained mafic rock such as basalt or andesite
Polished fossil coral (likely agatized coral)
Fossilized colonial coral; commonly silicified as chalcedony/quartz (SiO₂)
Tumbled agate or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely yellow-brown chalcedony/agate
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone (River Cobble)
Sandstone (composed predominantly of SiO2 - Quartz)
Sandstone
Sandstone (composed predominantly of Quartz, SiO2)
Biotite on Quartz
Biotite Mica (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (SiO2 with various cementing agents)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Graphite
Graphite (Native Carbon, C)
Fossil fish slab
Fossilized fish remains, likely a laminated shale-hosted vertebrate fossil; exact taxon is indeterminate from the image
Red Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (Quartz Sandstone / Hematitic Sandstone)
Tumbled white quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Chalk (Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Agate Sliced Nodule
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras regulare (Class Cephalopoda)
Fossil Coral (Favosites)
Favosites sp. (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa)