Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Category
Browse organic material (likely a fruit or berry) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin, C10H16O)
Possible fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate, likely calcite (CaCO₃)
Chert (Jasper-rich)
Microcrystalline/Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Raw Amber / Resin Mineral
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/quartz aggregate)
Fossil bivalve shell
Ribbed pectinid or related bivalve; originally calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃), likely partially mineralized
Possible fossilized bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate material; mineralized hydroxyapatite replaced or coated by silica/carbonate
Fossilized tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossilized selachian tooth; possibly a worn Otodus or related shark tooth
Polished amber-like agate or jasper carving
Likely chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly iron-stained carnelian/jasper; exact identification requires testing
Chert (Field Stone)
Microcrystalline / Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony/SiO2)
Fossilized coral or stromatoporoid fragment
Likely tabulate coral (order Tabulata) or stromatoporoid; exact identification requires microscopy
Possible flint or black chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Likely pyrite-bearing rock fragment
Pyrite, FeS₂, possibly in a dark host rock
Tumbled brown jasper (likely common jasper or chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, chiefly chalcedony/quartz with iron-oxide impurities
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Coquina (Organic Clastic Limestone)
Tumbled amber (likely)
Amber; fossilized plant resin, commonly succinite (organic material rather than a mineral)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Likely tumbled yellow calcite or limestone fragment
Calcite (CaCO₃), possibly micritic limestone
Tumbled brown chalcedony or quartzite pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony; exact identification requires testing
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Concretion (likely iron-rich sandstone or claystone concretion)
Diagenetic carbonate/iron-oxide concretion; exact mineralogy requires testing
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Coal (likely bituminous coal)
Bituminous coal; predominantly carbon with organic macerals and minor clay/pyrite
Likely amber-colored chert or chalcedony fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chert; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Graphite-rich metamorphic rock (likely graphite schist)
Graphite schist; predominantly graphitic carbon (C) with mica and quartz
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement, SiO2)
Iron-stained fossiliferous rock, possibly fossil wood
Likely silicified/petrified wood in iron-rich silica matrix; exact identification requires microscopy
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Tumbled chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brown chert/flint
Chert Fossil (Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with biogenic inclusions
Tumbled yellow calcite (probable)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Weathered iron-rich rock, likely ferruginous sandstone or lateritic concretion
Iron-oxide–cemented sandstone; commonly dominated by quartz (SiO₂), goethite (FeO(OH)) and hematite (Fe₂O₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (with Calcite Veining)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) veins
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Polished fossilized wood (petrified wood), likely agatized
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide coloration
Cave (botryoidal) aragonite or calcite specimen
Aragonite (CaCO₃), possibly mixed with calcite and iron-oxide inclusions