Coral Fossil (Petrified Coral)
Scleractinia (Order) - Calcified Fossil Skeleton (CaCO3)
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Coral Fossil (Petrified Coral)
Scleractinia (Order) - Calcified Fossil Skeleton (CaCO3)
Banded Chert (with Quartz Vein)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (Chert Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Massive Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Chert/Chalcedony Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Travertine (often colloquially called Tufa)
Chemical Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (specifically Iron-stained River Cobble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Banded Chert (Agate/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities of Chlorite or Glauconite
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz-Wacke / Sandstone (Fe(II),Fe(III),Al,Mg)2-3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Manganese or Iron oxides
Chert (Brown variety / Common Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (variously identified as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Septarian Nodule (Thunder Egg)
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 + CaMg(CO3)2 + SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (FeO(OH)·nH2O / Fe2O3)
Pebble (likely a type of sandstone or quartzite pebble)
Clastic Sediment (specifically, a rudite-sized clast). If the pebble is composed of a specific rock type, its scientific name would be that rock type (e.g., 'Quartzite pebble', 'Granite pebble', 'Chert pebble'). Given its appearance, it is likely a metamorphic quartzite pebble or a hard sandstone pebble.
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2 + impurities)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Graphite
Graphite (C)
Fossilized Wood (with Coal and Limonite)
Petrified Wood (Silicified or Carbonized Flora)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (with Quartz vein)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Fossiliferous Brachiopod in Shale
Brachiopoda (Phylum) preserved in Carbonaceous Shale
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ / Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (variant Flint/Jasper)
Microcrystalline Opaline Silica (SiO2)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Class Bivalvia (Likely a member of the Ostreidae or Gryphaeidae family), CaCO3
Amber / Copal
Fossilized Tree Resin (Succinate)
Pickled Dragon Eggs (Fictional Interpretation: Purple Agate or Amethyst Geodes)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Septarian Nodule or Mud Crack Fossil
Septarian Nodule (Concretion)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)