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Organic (Sedimentary Context)

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Sapropel

Bituminous Shale

Bituminous Shale

Black Shale

Oil Shale

Amber in Matrix (Succinite (Carbon-based organic polymer)) — Organic (Sedimentary context)

Amber in Matrix

Succinite (Carbon-based organic polymer)

Organic (Sedimentary context)

Chert (Flint) Artifact (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint) Artifact

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Seashell (Cone Snail Shell) (Conus sp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)) — fossil

Seashell (Cone Snail Shell)

Conus sp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)

Chert (Arrowhead Fragment) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Arrowhead Fragment)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Coprolite (Fossilized Feces) — fossil

Coprolite

Fossilized Feces

Chert (Flint variety) (Microcrystalline context of Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint variety)

Microcrystalline context of Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Arrowhead/Projectile Point) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Arrowhead/Projectile Point)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Kidney Stone (Calcium Oxalate (CaC2O4), Uric Acid, or Struvite) — mineral

Kidney Stone

Calcium Oxalate (CaC2O4), Uric Acid, or Struvite

Chert (Nodule) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Nodule)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (varietal Chalcedony or Flint) (Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz) — sedimentary

Chert (varietal Chalcedony or Flint)

Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz

Chert (Nodule) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Nodule)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (Ironstone Phosphorite) (Ferruginous Sandstone (variable Fe-oxide/hydroxide composition)) — sedimentary

Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (Ironstone Phosphorite)

Ferruginous Sandstone (variable Fe-oxide/hydroxide composition)

Chert (Flint Nodules) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint Nodules)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (with nodule) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (with nodule)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Red Jasper (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions) — sedimentary

Red Jasper

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions

Black Jasper (Black Jasper (Silicate mineral - SiO2)) — sedimentary

Black Jasper

Black Jasper (Silicate mineral - SiO2)

Chert (Arrowhead/Projectile Point) (Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Arrowhead/Projectile Point)

Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)

Sandstone Concretion (Limonitic Sandstone Concretion) — sedimentary

Sandstone Concretion

Limonitic Sandstone Concretion

Black Jasper (Silicon dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Black Jasper

Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (with Drusy Quartz Pocket) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (with Drusy Quartz Pocket)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Shale with Pyrite (Clastic sedimentary rock containing Iron Disulfide (FeS2)) — sedimentary

Shale with Pyrite

Clastic sedimentary rock containing Iron Disulfide (FeS2)

Chert (Nodule) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Nodule)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert Nodule (Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Nodule

Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)

Dark flint or chert fragment (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint) — sedimentary

Dark flint or chert fragment

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint

Chert (Smoky variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Smoky variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Sulfidic Mudstone with Pyrite/Goethite (Sulfidic Siltstone/Mudstone (FeS2)) — sedimentary

Sulfidic Mudstone with Pyrite/Goethite

Sulfidic Siltstone/Mudstone (FeS2)

Jasper / Chert (Red) (Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — Sedimentary / Mineral

Jasper / Chert (Red)

Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Sedimentary / Mineral

Chert (River Pebble) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (River Pebble)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Weathered stone nodule or concretion (Unidentified lithic concretion; composition cannot be determined from the image) — sedimentary

Weathered stone nodule or concretion

Unidentified lithic concretion; composition cannot be determined from the image

Chert (often called Flint in this context) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint in this context)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint when dark) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint when dark)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Unidentifiable embedded dark fragment (Indeterminate; possibly a dark silicate mineral or lithic inclusion) — mineral

Unidentifiable embedded dark fragment

Indeterminate; possibly a dark silicate mineral or lithic inclusion

Chert / Flint Handaxe (Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Flint Handaxe

Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint in this context) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint in this context)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Pyrite (Iron Sulfide (FeS2)) — mineral

Pyrite

Iron Sulfide (FeS2)

Sandstone (Arenite (primarily Quartz Sandstone)) — sedimentary

Sandstone

Arenite (primarily Quartz Sandstone)

Pyrite and Sunstone (Iron Sulfide (FeS2) and Plagioclase Feldspar ((Ca,Na)Al(Al,Si)Si2O8)) — mineral

Pyrite and Sunstone

Iron Sulfide (FeS2) and Plagioclase Feldspar ((Ca,Na)Al(Al,Si)Si2O8)

Tumbled limestone or marble (Calcite-rich carbonate rock; likely limestone (CaCO₃), possibly marble) — metamorphic

Tumbled limestone or marble

Calcite-rich carbonate rock; likely limestone (CaCO₃), possibly marble

Chert / Flint (Artifact) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Flint (Artifact)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Nutting Stone / Cupstone (Sandstone or Quartzite) (Sedimentary rock with anthropogenic modification (cupule)) — sedimentary

Nutting Stone / Cupstone (Sandstone or Quartzite)

Sedimentary rock with anthropogenic modification (cupule)