Chert (Arrowhead or Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (Arrowhead or Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled amber-colored pebble
Likely quartz/chert or iron-stained chalcedony; exact identification requires testing
Fossil bivalve shell
Ribbed pectinid or related bivalve; originally calcite/aragonite (CaCO₃), likely partially mineralized
Fossil-bearing ironstone or weathered concretion
Indeterminate; likely ferruginous sandstone/concretion containing a partial fossil impression
Beach sandstone or cemented beachrock fragment
Lithified carbonate- or silica-rich sand; commonly calcarenite or quartz sandstone
Chert (Nodule/Pebble)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossilized Wood (Petrified Wood)
Agatized wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically a nodule with Chalcendony/Agate banding)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous shale or slate with plant impressions
Carbonaceous mudstone/shale; possible fossil plant material (often fern-like impressions)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement, SiO2)
Fossilized coral or stromatoporoid fragment
Likely tabulate coral (order Tabulata) or stromatoporoid; exact identification requires microscopy
Polished amber-like agate or jasper carving
Likely chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly iron-stained carnelian/jasper; exact identification requires testing
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Fossil mammalian skull
Fossilized vertebrate bone; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Fossilized tooth, likely shark tooth
Fossilized selachian tooth; possibly a worn Otodus or related shark tooth
Possible fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate, likely calcite (CaCO₃)
Chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/quartz aggregate)
Chert (Jasper-rich)
Microcrystalline/Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Coquina (Organic Clastic Limestone)
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
Chert (Field Stone)
Microcrystalline / Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Possible flint or black chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
Possible fossilized bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate material; mineralized hydroxyapatite replaced or coated by silica/carbonate
Likely tumbled yellow calcite or limestone fragment
Calcite (CaCO₃), possibly micritic limestone
Tumbled amber (likely)
Amber; fossilized plant resin, commonly succinite (organic material rather than a mineral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony/SiO2)
Coal (likely bituminous coal)
Bituminous coal; predominantly carbon with organic macerals and minor clay/pyrite
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Fossilized Xylem (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Agatized/Chalcedony variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossilized Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
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
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)