Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (mainly Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
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Browse organic gemstone (not a rock or mineral in the traditional sense, but bio mineralized material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (mainly Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Agate (Moss or Green Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pearls
Pearl: biomineralized aragonite (CaCO₃) and conchiolin
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Carnelian
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide), a variety of Chalcedony
Jasper (Brown Iron-Rich Variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fe2O3 (Iron Oxide/Crystalline Quartz)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dinosaur Claw Fossil
Fossilized Theropod Claw (Vertebrate Palaeontological Specimen)
Tumbled amber
Fossilized tree resin; predominantly polymerized diterpenoid resin (succinite when Baltic-type)
Ironstone Concretion / Goethite-Hematite Geode
Goethite / Hematite Concretion (Fe3O4 / FeO(OH) / Fe2O3)
Graphite-bearing schist (probable)
Graphite schist; chiefly quartz, mica, and graphite
Amber jewelry (possibly amber-colored glass or resin)
Amber — fossilized plant resin, chiefly composed of polymerized terpenoids; the pictured material cannot be confirmed from the image
Sandstone (with potential fossil inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Limonite-stained Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hydrated Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished amber-like organic gemstone
Amber (fossilized tree resin), commonly succinite; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia or Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Vesicular quartz-rich rock, possibly weathered rhyolite or silicified volcanic breccia
Silica-rich volcanic rock; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with altered feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Amber-set ring
Amber (fossilized plant resin; organic mineraloid), set in a metal ring
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Sandstone (Red / Iron-stained)
Sandstone (composed predominantly of SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Yellow Jade (often Serpentine or Dolomite)
Primarily Serpentine (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2), though the term 'yellow jade' is also sometimes applied to varieties of true nephrite or jadeite.
Likely weathered quartz or feldspar grain
Uncertain; possibly quartz (SiO₂) or a feldspar mineral
Sandstone (River Cobble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (with Quartz Vein)
Chert (Siliceous sedimentary rock, predominantly Microcrystalline Quartz SiO2)
Banded sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich lithic sandstone; exact provenance and composition require testing
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished agate pebble
Banded chalcedony, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂)
Chalcedony in Matrix (likely Agatized Coral or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Iron-rich metamorphic rock (probable limonite/goethite-bearing schist)
Quartz–mica schist with iron oxyhydroxides, chiefly goethite (FeO(OH)) and limonite (amorphous hydrated iron oxides)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement of organic wood structure)
Banded Chert / Sandstone Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) / Silicified Sandstone
Hagstone (Adder Stone)
Chert or Sedimentary pebble with natural perforation
Pearl
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Pink Dyed Agate Geode Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Amber
Fossilized tree resin (Amorphous organic polymer)