Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
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Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ironstone Concretion (Siderite Nodules)
Siderite (FeCO3) in Mudstone or Sandstone matrix
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (primarily composed of quartz, illite, chlorite, and micas)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (with Iron Oxide cement)
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Coquina or Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Red Shale
Lutite (primarily composed of clay minerals and iron oxides like hematite, Fe2O3)
Blue Agate (Tumbled and Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with likely organic dyes
Sandstone (Pebble/Cobble)
Sandstone (arenite is a more precise term for sandstone with less than 15% matrix; this specimen appears to be a lithic or quartz arenite)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Turritella Gastropod (Internal Mold)
Turritella (Fossil Gastropod Crust)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (often composed of Quartz, SiO2)
Dendritic Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions
Fossilized Wood (with Coal and Limonite)
Petrified Wood (Silicified or Carbonized Flora)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Conglomerate)
Bioclastic Limestone (composed primarily of CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Desert Rose (Baryte or Selenite variant)
Barium Sulfate (BaSO4) or Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) with Sand inclusions
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Belemnite Fossil
Belemnitida (Order of extinct cephalopods)
Trilobite Fossil (Flexicalymene)
Flexicalymene ouzregui
Sandstone (Quartz-rich)
Arenite (SiO2 based clastic rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary Rock)
Crushed Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock, primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Agate (specifically Moss Agate or Plume Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Sandstone
Arenite
Limestone with Weathering Rind
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Bioclastic or Micritic Limestone
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Shale
Lutaceous sedimentary rock
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone/Mudstone)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ironstone (likely Ferruginous Siltstone/Sandstone)
Ferruginous sedimentary rock (FeOx-rich clastic)