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Organic Material

Browse organic material specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Peat

Sapropel

Bituminous Shale

Bituminous Shale

Black Shale

Petrified Wood

Amber

Jet

Oil Shale

Pearl

Lizard Skin Jasper

Dunite

Opalized Wood

Anthracite Coal (Carbon (with trace impurities)) — sedimentary

Anthracite Coal

Carbon (with trace impurities)

Limestone with Gastropod Fossil (Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Gastropoda inclusion) — fossil

Limestone with Gastropod Fossil

Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Gastropoda inclusion

Tumbled coral fragment (likely white calcitic coral) (Calcium carbonate, primarily aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃); exact coral genus cannot be determined from the image) — fossil

Tumbled coral fragment (likely white calcitic coral)

Calcium carbonate, primarily aragonite or calcite (CaCO₃); exact coral genus cannot be determined from the image

Onyx (Black) and Mother of Pearl Inlay (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for Onyx; Aragonite (CaCO3) for Mother of Pearl) — mineral

Onyx (Black) and Mother of Pearl Inlay

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for Onyx; Aragonite (CaCO3) for Mother of Pearl

Bamboo Leaf Jasper (Silicified Siltstone or Jasper (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Bamboo Leaf Jasper

Silicified Siltstone or Jasper (SiO2)

Fossilized Dinosaur Bone (Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (mostly Calcium Phosphate replaced by Silica/Calcite)) — fossil

Fossilized Dinosaur Bone

Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (mostly Calcium Phosphate replaced by Silica/Calcite)

Dinosaur Bone (Fossilized Bone) (Permineralized Dinosaur Bone (Bio-apatite replaced by quartz/silica)) — fossil

Dinosaur Bone (Fossilized Bone)

Permineralized Dinosaur Bone (Bio-apatite replaced by quartz/silica)

Fossilized Dinosaur Bone (Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (Apatite/Quartz replacement)) — fossil

Fossilized Dinosaur Bone

Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (Apatite/Quartz replacement)

Fossil Shark Tooth (Chondrichthyes (class); likely Lamniformes (order) fossilized in Apatite/Hydroxyapatite) — fossil

Fossil Shark Tooth

Chondrichthyes (class); likely Lamniformes (order) fossilized in Apatite/Hydroxyapatite

Chert (Common Opal/Jasper mix) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities) — sedimentary

Chert (Common Opal/Jasper mix)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities

Fossilized Shell (Invertebrate fossil (Bivalvia or Brachiopoda)) — fossil

Fossilized Shell

Invertebrate fossil (Bivalvia or Brachiopoda)

Chert Nodules (with Flint core) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Nodules (with Flint core)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Limestone (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Limestone

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Calcite (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — mineral

Calcite

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Petrified Wood (Silicified wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified wood (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Banded Chert (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Banded Chert

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Fossiliferous Limestone (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions) — sedimentary

Fossiliferous Limestone

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions

Chert Pebble (Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Pebble

Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Fossil bivalve shell (Likely an extinct or modern-like ribbed cockle/scallop; exact genus requires locality and diagnostic hinge features) — fossil

Fossil bivalve shell

Likely an extinct or modern-like ribbed cockle/scallop; exact genus requires locality and diagnostic hinge features

Mother of Pearl (Nacre) / Shell Fragment (Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin)) — fossil

Mother of Pearl (Nacre) / Shell Fragment

Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin)

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (and Fossilized Brachiopod shell) (Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (and Fossilized Brachiopod shell)

Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Sedimentary Rock with Crafts (Pet Rock) (Sedimentary rock decorated with synthetic materials) — sedimentary

Sedimentary Rock with Crafts (Pet Rock)

Sedimentary rock decorated with synthetic materials

Fossiliferous Limestone (Calcite (CaCO3) matrix with biogenic fragments) — sedimentary

Fossiliferous Limestone

Calcite (CaCO3) matrix with biogenic fragments

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz / Chalcedony: SiO2)) — sedimentary

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz / Chalcedony: SiO2)

Chert (likely flint), possibly chalcedony-rich (Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (quartz/chalcedony)) — sedimentary

Chert (likely flint), possibly chalcedony-rich

Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (quartz/chalcedony)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Fossilized Coral (Rugosa or Tabulata coral fossil) — fossil

Fossilized Coral

Rugosa or Tabulata coral fossil

Fossiliferous Limestone with Fossil Fragment (Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3 with organic remains)) — fossil

Fossiliferous Limestone with Fossil Fragment

Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3 with organic remains)

Amber (Succinates (Organic compound: C10H16O)) — mineraloid

Amber

Succinates (Organic compound: C10H16O)

Chert (River Pebble) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (River Pebble)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Pearl and Garnet Glass (Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for pearl; Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for glass) — mineral and glass

Pearl and Garnet Glass

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for pearl; Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for glass

mineral and glass

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Travertine (Travertine (a terrestrial form of Limestone, CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Travertine

Travertine (a terrestrial form of Limestone, CaCO3)

Brown Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Brown Chert

Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified wood (SiO2)

Fossilized Brachiopod (Brachiopoda (Phylum)) — fossil

Fossilized Brachiopod

Brachiopoda (Phylum)

Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified Wood (SiO2)

Petrified Wood (Silicified wood / Permineralized wood (SiO2)) — fossil

Petrified Wood

Silicified wood / Permineralized wood (SiO2)

Mammoth or Mastodon Tooth Fossil (Mammuthus / Mammut tooth) — fossil

Mammoth or Mastodon Tooth Fossil

Mammuthus / Mammut tooth