Basaltic Tuff / Volcanic Breccia
Pyroclastic Breccia / Lithic Tuff
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Browse organic mineral specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Basaltic Tuff / Volcanic Breccia
Pyroclastic Breccia / Lithic Tuff
Shale
Fissile Clay-dominant Mudrock (SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, CaO, MgO)
Chert (Arrowhead Fragment)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale or Slaty Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, SiO2)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (with Quartz veins)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (principally SiO2)
Chert with Weathered Rind (Flint/Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often found as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Resinite (Succinite if from the Baltic); Chemical Formula: C10H16O (approximate)
Shale
Mudrock / Fissile Shale
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Permineralized organic matter, głównie $SiO_2$)
White seed-bead gemstone strand, likely freshwater pearl or shell pearl
Pearl: nacreous calcium carbonate, chiefly aragonite (CaCO₃) in conchiolin; identification uncertain from image
Slate
Metamorphic Mudstone / Shale
Amber
Succinite (Carbon-based organic compound; approximate formula C10H16O)
Baltic Amber (Butterscotch or Egg Yolk Variety)
Succinite (chemical formula: C10H16O)
Pickled Dragon Eggs (Fictional Interpretation: Purple Agate or Amethyst Geodes)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Fossilized Megalodon Tooth Fragment
Otodus megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon fossil)
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Chert (often associated with Jasper)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil (Brachiopod or Scallop)
Class Bivalvia (or potentially Phylum Brachiopoda)
Moqui Marble (Shaman Stone)
Ironstone Concretion (Goethite/Hematite Shell)
Chert (Yellow and Red Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Eroded)
Carcharodon sp. or Otodus sp. fragment (likely)
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth (Fossil)
Carcharias taurus (fossilized dentin/enameloid)
Chert (White-Tan variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) / Microcrystalline Quartz
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Scleractinia (fossil order), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Goethite Concretion
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (and/or River Pebble)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Bone
Fossilized Vertebrate Bone (Per mineralized)
Chert (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities