Moss Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with manganese or iron oxide inclusions)
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Moss Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with manganese or iron oxide inclusions)
Black Pearl (Tahitian-style Cultured Pearl)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) with Conchiolin (CaCO3)
Coprolite
Coprolite (fossilized feces)
Dinosaur Fossil (Skull)
Dinosauria fossilis (Petrified Hydroxyapatite / Calcium Carbonate)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Geode with Quartz Crystal Cavity
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Calcareous/Siliceous Matrix
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Geode (Unopened)
Silica-rich concretion (SiO2)
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii fossil (likely Cretalamna or Squalicorax genus)
Chert (Green Chert/Jasper)
Chert (primarily Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically Yellow/Honey Jasper variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Siliconized Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper (Petrified Wood variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Sandstone Concretion
Arenaceous concretion (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Dendritic Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with inclusions
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Hematite Nodules)
Ironstone (principally Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2O or Hematite Fe2O3 mixed with silica/clay)
Chert (specifically Blue Chert or Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz SiO2)
Sandstone (with carbonaceous plant fragments)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Chert (vuggy variety)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (Septarian or Banded Nodular Variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone (Shale)
Natural or Cultured Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin), CaCO3
Chert / Chalcedony
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a secondary sedimentary structure
Chert / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (amorphous organic polymer)
Rough Amber (likely Copal or immature Amber)
Organic gemstone / Succinite (if Baltic)
Amber
Amber (Amorphous Organic Hydrocarbon)
Amber
Succinite (a fossilized organic resin)