Fossilized Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil
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Browse organic gemstone (not a rock or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Coral (Sponge Coral / Apple Coral)
Corallium rubrum (calcium carbonate / organic gem)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin), C10H16O
Chert (Brown variety / Common Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite
Natural White Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) with Conchiolin - CaCO3
Amber
Succinicum (Organic polymer, largely C10H16O)
Poppy Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Pink Opal
Hydrated silica (SiO2 "n H2O)
Polished amber-like organic gemstone
Amber (fossilized tree resin), commonly succinite; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Fossilized Bark
Lepidodendron / Sigillaria fossil impression
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide / Chalcedony)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxide
Sandstone
Sandstone (SiO2-dominated clastic rock)
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (Organic Polymer)
Tahitian Pearl (Black / Pistachio Pearl)
Biogenic Aragonite / Calcite (CaCO3 with conchiolin)
Red heart-shaped glass bead in a wire-wrapped jewelry charm
Likely colored glass (amorphous silica-based material); the image does not show an identifiable geological specimen
Fossilized Shell Fragment
Invertebrate marine fossil, likely calcium carbonate replacement
Fish Fossil in Limestone
Lycoptera (likely) in Micritic Limestone
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Picture Jasper
SiO2
Pearl
Organic Mineraloid (CaCO3 + Conchiolin)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) with Conchiolin
Amber
Succinite / Fossilized Tree Resin
White limestone or chalky carbonate rock
Calcite-rich limestone; possibly chalk (CaCO₃)
Shale or Slaty Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Amber
Fossilized tree resin; chiefly organic terpenoid polymers (succinite)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Tumbled amber
Amber (fossilized plant resin; commonly succinite, C10H16O)
Tumbled amber
Amber (fossilized plant resin; commonly succinite, C10H16O)
Manganese-coated Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock with Manganese Oxide (often Pyrolusite or Psilomelane)
Chert Pebble
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variant)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Shale
Shale (Fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock)
Amber
Succinite
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Aragonite/Calcite