Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse organic material (likely a fruit or berry) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes tooth
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Spiriferida), CaCO3 (Calcite)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Selachimorpha fossil
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Tumbled black stone, likely black agate or onyx
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably chalcedony/black agate; exact identification requires testing
Banded sandstone pebble
Lithified quartz–feldspar sandstone, likely ferruginous and carbonaceous laminae
Bituminous coal (likely)
Coal, primarily carbon with macerals and variable mineral matter; commonly represented by approximate composition C-rich organic material
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Micritic limestone, likely bioclastic/fossiliferous carbonate rock (predominantly CaCO₃)
Honey calcite (orange calcite)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Calcite
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃), likely massive or crystalline limestone-derived material
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Polished moss agate (likely dendritic agate)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with inclusions of manganese/iron oxides or hornblende
Graphite-rich schist (likely graphite ore)
Graphite-bearing schist; predominantly graphitic carbon (C) with mica, quartz, and possible feldspar
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished amber-like chalcedony/jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony or jasper; amber cannot be confirmed visually
Asphalt aggregate
Human-made bituminous asphalt containing crushed silicate rock aggregate
Banded Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized leaf or plant impression in shale
Carbonized/impressed plant fossil, likely in fine-grained shale or mudstone; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles or Otodus sp. (Micro-fossilized)
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Organic Matrix
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Fossilized Bone
Petrified Bone / Biogenic Sedimentary
Shark Tooth Fossil Matrix
Carcharocles / Otodus species embedded in sedimentary matrix
Fossilized ammonite fragment
Ammonoidea; likely an ammonite suture-section specimen, commonly Jurassic–Cretaceous
Orbicular granite (likely Rapakivi-type granite)
Granite, chiefly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and biotite/hornblende
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes dentition
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes tooth fossil
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth fossil
Fossilized Bone in Matrix
Vertebrata fossil
Fossilized Bone
Vertebrate Fossil (Biogenic sediment)
Jasper
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO2
Fossilized Bone
Fossilized vertebrate bone
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Polished amber-colored stone, possibly chert or jasper
Uncertain from image; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) if chert/jasper
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)