Chert (potentially worked flint)
Cryptocrystalline microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (potentially worked flint)
Cryptocrystalline microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Coarse Sand or Fine Gravel
Detrital Sedimentary Fragments (mostly SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Quartz-veined Limestone
Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets
Chert Nodules (with Flint core)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Bone
Silicified / Mineralized Fossil (Silica SiO2)
River Cobble (Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Polished green moss agate cabochon
Moss agate: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with included chlorite/actinolite or iron-manganese minerals
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Desert Rose Fragment (Atypical) / Weathered Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Barium Sulfate (BaSO4) depending on exact mineralogy
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Class Bivalvia (fossilized)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (or Flint)
Chert (Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Sio2)
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) in Sedimentary Shale
Small rounded pebble
Indeterminate lithic grain; likely weathered sandstone, iron-stained quartz-rich rock, or a concretion
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered vesicular stone, possibly pumice or scoria
Vesicular volcanic rock; likely pumice (highly vesicular rhyolitic material) or scoria (basaltic material)
Chert (Yellow Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Chalcedony/Agate)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Druzy Chalcedony/Quartz on Fluorite core
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fossilized Bone
Vertebrate Fossil Fragment (Calcium Phosphate / Hydroxyapatite)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles sp. (likely Lemon or Sand Tiger)
Chert (often called Jasper or Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Likely tumbled jasper or iron-stained quartzite
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite with iron-oxide inclusions
Chert (Flint Nodular)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Chert (River Siltstone/Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Granite
Granite
Tektite (likely indochinite)
Natural silica-rich impact glass; predominantly amorphous SiO₂ with aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, and sodium
Shale with Iron Staining
Fissile Mudrock (Sedimentary Rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcite (CaCO3) matrix containing Rugosa (order of extinct solitary and colonial corals)
Amber Inlay Jewelry
Fossilized Resin (C10H16O)
Green glass-like cabochon, likely synthetic glass or resin
Unidentified green transparent material; possibly molded glass, synthetic spinel, or resin
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Cubic Carbon (C)
Light Green Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2 with chlorite or mica inclusions)
Blue Agate (Tumbled and Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with likely organic dyes
Polished crescent-shaped stone pendant
Likely black jade, basalt, or other dark silicate stone; exact identification requires testing
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Siltstone
Siltstone (composed of clastic quartz and feldspar grains)