Chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony and quartz
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Browse organic material (likely a fruit or berry) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony and quartz
Polished banded agate (likely picture jasper or petrified wood)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and clay inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sedimentary Rock with Crafts (Pet Rock)
Sedimentary rock decorated with synthetic materials
Polished agate-like stone (uncertain; possibly a fossil or shell fragment)
Likely microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; exact identification is limited by the image
Carved pyrite frog or toad
Pyrite (iron disulfide, FeS₂), likely a carved massive aggregate
Chert (Yellow/Tan Variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Tumbled moss agate (likely)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron/manganese inclusions
Fossiliferous Siltstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Inclusions
Sandstone (with carbonaceous plant fragments)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert; exact variety uncertain from the image
Chert (Nodule / Geode fragment)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz or Chalcedony, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Potassium-Rich Silicate Clay (inferred from biological context)
Phyllosilicate group (likely Illite or Smectite within surrounding soil substrate)
Sandstone (likely Arkose or Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 principal component)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate bone/tooth; taxonomic identification is not possible from this blurred image
Chert (Arrowhead or Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
White seed-bead gemstone strand, likely freshwater pearl or shell pearl
Pearl: nacreous calcium carbonate, chiefly aragonite (CaCO₃) in conchiolin; identification uncertain from image
Fossiliferous limestone (likely ammonite/gastropod-bearing)
Bioclastic limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Yellow Chert (Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Beach sandstone or cemented beachrock fragment
Lithified carbonate- or silica-rich sand; commonly calcarenite or quartz sandstone
Weathered fossilized wood (likely petrified wood)
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing wood tissue (SiO₂)
Polished ornamental jasper (likely Peanut Wood or similar brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and clay inclusions
Banded agate (likely petrified wood or silicified sediment)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂; possible silicified wood
Tumbled amber-colored pebble
Likely quartz/chert or iron-stained chalcedony; exact identification requires testing
Fossilized Wood (Petrified Wood)
Agatized wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossil-bearing ironstone or weathered concretion
Indeterminate; likely ferruginous sandstone/concretion containing a partial fossil impression
Chert (specifically a nodule with Chalcendony/Agate banding)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (likely brown flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedonic quartz aggregate)
Fossiliferous shale or slate with plant impressions
Carbonaceous mudstone/shale; possible fossil plant material (often fern-like impressions)
Chert (Nodule/Pebble)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossil mammalian skull
Fossilized vertebrate bone; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Fossilized coral or silicified organic limestone
Likely fossil coral (Scleractinia/Tabulata) replaced or cemented by calcite and silica; exact identification requires close examination