Vesicular Basalt (Amygdaloidal)
Vesicular Basalt (Fe-Mg rich extrusive volcanic rock)
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Vesicular Basalt (Amygdaloidal)
Vesicular Basalt (Fe-Mg rich extrusive volcanic rock)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone (Calcareous Sandstone)
Calcareous Sandstone (primarily SiO2 with CaCO3 cement)
Graphite
Graphite (Native Carbon, C)
Orthoclase Feldspar
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Granite Glacial Erratic
Intrusive Phaneritic Felsic Rock (Granite)
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Sandstone (with Iron concretions/staining)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz and Feldspar with Iron Oxide cement)
Fossilized Coral
Scleractinia (fossil order), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (often called Flint in this variation)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline quartz
Geode (Unopened)
Silica-rich Concretion (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Arenite
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Boxwork Quartz / Septarian Jasper
Boxwork (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral inclusions)
Pink Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Rough Amber (likely Copal or immature Amber)
Organic gemstone / Succinite (if Baltic)
Thunderegg (specifically a Jasper/Agate-filled Geode nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Rhyolitic Matrix
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Litharenite)
Brown Jasper (Likely)
Jasper (Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeOOH)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with hematite/iron oxide coating)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe++)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Garnet (likely Pyrope or Almandine)
Garnet Group (complex nesosilicate minerals, e.g., Pyrope Mg3Al2(SiO4)3, Almandine Fe3Al2(SiO4)3, Spessartine Mn3Al2(SiO4)3, Grossular Ca3Al2(SiO4)3, Andradite Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3, Uvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3). The vivid red color in the image strongly suggests Pyrope or Almandine.
Granodiorite
Granodiorite (containing Plagioclase, Quartz, and Biotite)
Chrysocolla
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone (Fossiliferous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Hypersthene
Hypersthene (formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3)
Chert (varieties: Flint or Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Manganese or Iron oxide
Milky Quartz with Mica inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (a fossilized organic resin)