Chert (Brecciated Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse organic material (likely a fruit or berry) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Brecciated Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement)
Fine-grained brown sand or weathered soil
Unconsolidated siliciclastic sediment, likely quartz-rich sand (SiO₂) mixed with iron-oxide-coated grains
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharias taurus (fossilized tooth)
Chert with Druzy Quartz Geode
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Common Opal/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with hydration
Likely chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called chert; exact identification requires testing
Jasper with Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Potassium-Rich Silicate Clay (inferred from biological context)
Phyllosilicate group (likely Illite or Smectite within surrounding soil substrate)
Chert (Green River Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow/Tan Variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled moss agate (likely)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron/manganese inclusions
Chert (Jasper variety)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Polished agate-like stone (uncertain; possibly a fossil or shell fragment)
Likely microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; exact identification is limited by the image
Weathered gray-green rock fragment
Likely shale or mudstone; exact identification requires testing
Fossiliferous Siltstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Inclusions
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Pink coral and green-stone jewelry
Likely pink coral (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃) set with an unidentified green stone; the image is too indistinct to identify the green material reliably.
Sandstone (with carbonaceous plant fragments)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Arkose or Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 principal component)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz or Chalcedony, SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin, C10H16O)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule / Geode fragment)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert; exact variety uncertain from the image
White seed-bead gemstone strand, likely freshwater pearl or shell pearl
Pearl: nacreous calcium carbonate, chiefly aragonite (CaCO₃) in conchiolin; identification uncertain from image
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Raw Amber / Resin Mineral
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂)
Banded agate (likely petrified wood or silicified sediment)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂; possible silicified wood
Weathered fossilized wood (likely petrified wood)
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing wood tissue (SiO₂)
Fossilized coral or silicified organic limestone
Likely fossil coral (Scleractinia/Tabulata) replaced or cemented by calcite and silica; exact identification requires close examination
Fossiliferous limestone (likely ammonite/gastropod-bearing)
Bioclastic limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Yellow Chert (Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate bone/tooth; taxonomic identification is not possible from this blurred image
Polished ornamental jasper (likely Peanut Wood or similar brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and clay inclusions
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (likely brown flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedonic quartz aggregate)