Bituminous Coal
Coal (Organically derived sedimentary rock)
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Bituminous Coal
Coal (Organically derived sedimentary rock)
Polished amber-colored translucent stone, likely citrine or yellow chalcedony
Most consistent with quartz (SiO₂), potentially citrine; translucent yellow chalcedony is another possibility
Fossilized Tooth Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil (Mammalia indet.)
Chert Concretion
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Carnelian
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Tumbled brown stone, likely jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-oxide-bearing jasper/chert
Fossil gastropod shell
Fossilized marine gastropod; exact genus/species cannot be determined from the image
Banded Marble (Egg Carving)
Metamorphosed Limestone (predominantly CaCO3)
Fossil shell fragment
Likely a fossilized bivalve or brachiopod valve; exact identification requires the other valve, locality, and matrix
Sandstone (River Cobble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Organic Inclusions
Ironstone / Weathered Hematite
Iron oxide-rich sedimentary rock with Goethite/Hematite
Chert (Jasper variation)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Kalkstein (Marl/Sandstone)
Fossiliferous calcarenite/siltstone
Green Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Red Jasper (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Green Fluorite
Calcium fluoride (CaF2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Muscovite subclass)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with hydrated iron oxide impurities (Goethite)
Rhodochrosite
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities, microcrystalline quartz
Chalcopyrite
Copper iron sulfide (CuFeS2)
Banded Agate (Banded Chert / Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Red Zebra Jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), microcrystalline quartz variety
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with impurities
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Banded Jasper with Hematite or Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Rhodochrosite
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amber in Matrix
Succinite (Carbon-based organic polymer)
Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Oyster Shell Fragment
Crassostrea virginica (or related Bivalvia)