Limestone with Chert or Siltstone bands
Sedimentary carbonate rock (CaCO3) often with siliceous impurities
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Limestone with Chert or Siltstone bands
Sedimentary carbonate rock (CaCO3) often with siliceous impurities
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper with Hematite inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Botryoidal/Agate nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Agate/Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
River Pebble (Likely Chert or Fine-Grained Sandstone/Quartzite)
Siliciclastic clast (likely Chert or Quartzarenite/Quartzite pebble)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose)
Arenite (SiO2 principal mineral)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral inclusions)
Sandstone (Micaceous/Feldspathic variant)
Arenite (specifically subarkose or lithic arenite)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Agate (Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Silica or Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony Nodule (Commonly known as Agate or Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Schist
Mica Schist
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Sandstone (Stream-rounded Cobble)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2, Silica)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Coal (likely Bituminous or Lignite)
Organic Sedimentary Rock (Carbonaceous)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcite (CaCO3) matrix containing Rugosa (order of extinct solitary and colonial corals)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically a weathered Chert nodule or fragment)
Chert; Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper with Quartz Druzy
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Arkose or Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 + varied clasts)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 principal composition)
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow or Ochre Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely a river or beach pebble)
Sandstone (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Coal (most likely Bituminous or Anthracite)
Coal (organic sedimentary rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Greenstone / Diabase Porphyry
Porphyritic Diabase (Micro-gabbro)
Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (SiO2 matrix with Quartz core)
Sandstone (Ferruginous/Red Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkosic varieties)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite Rock (CaCO3)
Sandstone Pebble with Iron Staining
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Fe2O3 oxides)
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide coating)