Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) with Conchiolin; formula: CaCO3
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Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) with Conchiolin; formula: CaCO3
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Precious Red Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Engineer Quartz/Quartzite
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with binders)
Engineered Quartz Stone
Agglomerated Quartz (SiO2 + Polymer Resin)
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Petoskey Stone (Coral Fossil)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized colonial rugose coral)
Dendritic Agate (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese or Iron oxide inclusions
Picture Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with impurities)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Dendritic Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Devil's Toenail (Fossil Oyster)
Gryphaea arcuata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Microbial mat fossil in silicified sediment)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeOOH cement)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxide
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone (Quartz Arenite)
Sandstone (SiO2 with possible mineral cements)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Shungite
Non-crystalline carbonoid (Shungite)
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae within Microcrystalline Quartz)
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe-rich)
Dendritic Jasper (River Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron Oxide inclusions
Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Precious Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium carbonate with trace carotene)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossil Coral (likely Favosites or Honeycomb Coral)
Class Anthozoa, Order Tabulata, Genus Favosites
Chert (containing a small fossil)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil
Otodus megalodon (fossilized in sedimentary matrix)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey-style)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Rugose Coral (Horn Coral Fossil)
Order Rugosa (fossilized in limestone/chert)