Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (principally SiO2)
Category
Browse organic material (likely a fruit or berry) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (principally SiO2)
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Pebble / Brachiopod Fossil Internal Mold
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Fossil: Brachiopoda (generic internal mold)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Granite (with alteration)
Granite (Felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Black Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rounded reddish-brown pebble
Likely ferruginous sandstone or iron-rich quartzite; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Weathered porphyritic volcanic rock
Likely porphyritic andesite or dacite, with plagioclase phenocrysts in a fine-grained volcanic groundmass
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (likely Brown or Brecciated)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Green Chert (Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-bearing rock, possibly sandstone or quartzite
Provisional: quartzite (mostly SiO₂); could alternatively be iron-stained quartz sandstone
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly goethite-bearing quartz
Quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides, likely goethite or limonite
Polished pink-and-black granite or gneiss
Granite–gneiss, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and biotite/amphibole
Asphalt
Asphalt concrete (engineered material, not a naturally occurring rock/mineral in this form)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Lapis lazuli and green-blue chalcedony jewelry
Lapis lazuli: lazurite-bearing metamorphic rock, chiefly lazurite (Na₃Ca(Al₃Si₃O₁₂)S) with calcite and pyrite; second stone: likely chrysoprase or green-blue chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Weathered sandstone or iron-rich mudstone fragment
Clastic sedimentary rock, likely quartz–feldspar sandstone with iron-oxide cement
Ambergris (Geological/Organic Specimen)
Ambra grisea (Produced by Physeter macrocephalus)
Tumbled black stone, likely basalt or black jasper
Probably basalt (fine-grained plagioclase–pyroxene rock); exact identification is uncertain from the image
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral inclusions)
Green cabochon gemstone pendant, likely turquoise or dyed green turquoise
Probably turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O; exact identification requires testing
Weathered granitic rock, likely granodiorite
Granodiorite: quartz, plagioclase feldspar, potassium feldspar, and biotite/hornblende
Iron-rich weathered rock, likely limonite/goethite-bearing laterite
Limonite (variable hydrated iron oxides; chiefly goethite, α-FeO(OH))
Weathered quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite
Quartzite (predominantly SiO₂), possibly strongly cemented sandstone
Tumbled serpentinite (likely antigorite-rich serpentine)
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with possible magnetite, chromite, or brucite
Amber
Succinite
Mixed rock and mineral collection
Multiple specimens; visible pieces may include quartz, calcite, agate/chalcedony, jasper, and dyed or coated materials
Calcite specimen
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃), likely crystalline limestone or cave-calcite aggregate
Sandstone with Quartz Vein
Arenite with Quartz (SiO2) protrusion
Garnet-bearing metamorphic rock, likely mica schist
Biotite–garnet schist; commonly includes quartz, feldspar, biotite, and almandine garnet
Tumbled green-and-white stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; mainly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with possible magnesite or talc
Likely weathered gray-green stone, possibly serpentinite
Serpentinite (predominantly serpentine-group minerals; identification uncertain from image)