Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite
Chert with Quartz Veins
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale
Shale (Sedimentary rock composed of mud/clay minerals)
Agatized Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony pseudomorph after Wood
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2) with inclusions
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) with Conchiolin, CaCO3
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Mudstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Aragonite crystal cluster
Aragonite, orthorhombic calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharadon sp. (likely Carcharodon carcharias or similar Lamniformes)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Green Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone
Coquina / Shelly Sandstone
Calcareous Sandstone / Coquina
Asphalt aggregate
Human-made bituminous asphalt containing crushed silicate rock aggregate
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharodonta (order Lamniformes), likely Carcharias spp.
Chert (White Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Calligraphy Stone
Fossiliferous Limestone (containing Hematite and Shells)
Seashell Fossil
Gastropoda fossil
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fancy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and organic inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Fish Skeleton in Matrix
Vertebrata (Class: Actinopterygii), typically found in limestone or shale matrices
Petrified Dinosaur Bone (Gembone)
Agatized Dinosaur Bone
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized ammonite fragment
Ammonoidea; likely an ammonite suture-section specimen, commonly Jurassic–Cretaceous
Amber (possibly a small polished amber cabochon)
Fossilized tree resin; amber is an organic gemstone, not a mineral
Graphite-bearing schist (probable)
Graphite schist; chiefly quartz, mica, and graphite
Concretion (likely iron-rich sandstone or claystone concretion)
Diagenetic carbonate/iron-oxide concretion; exact mineralogy requires testing
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Amber
Succinite (Resinite)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Manganese or Iron oxide
Tahitian Pearl
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite), CaCO3