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Organic Material (Likely A Fruit Or Berry)

Browse organic material (likely a fruit or berry) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Peat

Orange Obsidian

Sapropel

Bituminous Shale

Bituminous Shale

Black Shale

Amber

Lizard Skin Jasper

Petrified Wood

Jet

Oil Shale

Limonite

Tangerine Obsidian

Grey and White Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Grey and White Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint in archaeological contexts) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint in archaeological contexts)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified wood (SiO2)

Amber (Succinite (a specific common type) or Fossilized Tree Resin (C10H16O)) — Mineraloid

Amber

Succinite (a specific common type) or Fossilized Tree Resin (C10H16O)

Chert (and Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (and Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (containing small fossils) (Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (containing small fossils)

Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)

Limestone with Iron Inclusions (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Hematite/Limonite) — sedimentary

Limestone with Iron Inclusions

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Hematite/Limonite

Limestone (specifically Grainstone or Micrite) (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Limestone (specifically Grainstone or Micrite)

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

White Quartz Pebble (Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — mineral

White Quartz Pebble

Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Chert (Quartz var.) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Quartz var.)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Granite Cobble (Granite (Phaneritic Quartz-Feldspar-Mica intrusive rock)) — igneous

Granite Cobble

Granite (Phaneritic Quartz-Feldspar-Mica intrusive rock)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)

Limestone (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Limestone

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Iron-stained weathered stone (tentative) (Undetermined; possibly weathered iron-rich basalt or concretion) — mineral

Iron-stained weathered stone (tentative)

Undetermined; possibly weathered iron-rich basalt or concretion

Limestone (River Pebble) (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Limestone (River Pebble)

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Chert (specifically Tan Chert or Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Tan Chert or Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)) — mineral

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)

Chert (Yellow Jasper variant) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Rounded sandstone cobble (Quartz-rich sandstone, likely ferruginous litharenite) — sedimentary

Rounded sandstone cobble

Quartz-rich sandstone, likely ferruginous litharenite

Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony) (Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline quartz) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony)

Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline quartz

Tumbled greenstone/chlorite-rich pebble (Likely chlorite-rich greenschist or altered basalt; exact identification requires testing) — metamorphic

Tumbled greenstone/chlorite-rich pebble

Likely chlorite-rich greenschist or altered basalt; exact identification requires testing

Orange Calcite (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — mineral

Orange Calcite

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Chert (specifically Red Chert / Jasper) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Red Chert / Jasper)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Red jasper in gray host rock (likely hematite-stained quartzite or rhyolite) (Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide coloration; exact host uncertain from image) — mineral

Red jasper in gray host rock (likely hematite-stained quartzite or rhyolite)

Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide coloration; exact host uncertain from image

Chert (Flint Pebbles) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint Pebbles)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Concretion or Nodular Variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Concretion or Nodular Variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint Nodules) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint Nodules)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (varieties include Jasper or Flint) (Chert (Microcrystalline Silica, formula: SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (varieties include Jasper or Flint)

Chert (Microcrystalline Silica, formula: SiO2)

Chert (Pebble) (Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Pebble)

Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)

Chert (River Pebble) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (River Pebble)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Sandstone with Iron Oxide (Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)) — sedimentary

Sandstone with Iron Oxide

Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)

Tumbled-looking granite pebble (Granite, chiefly quartz–feldspar with biotite/amphibole) — igneous

Tumbled-looking granite pebble

Granite, chiefly quartz–feldspar with biotite/amphibole

Quartz Pebble (Silicon dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz Pebble

Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)

Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Jasper

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Fossilized Shark Tooth (Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth) — fossil

Fossilized Shark Tooth

Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth

Shark Tooth Fossil (Carcharodon / Otodus fossilized tooth (Calcium Phosphate / Hydroxyapatite)) — fossil

Shark Tooth Fossil

Carcharodon / Otodus fossilized tooth (Calcium Phosphate / Hydroxyapatite)