Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Browse sedimentary (biogenic) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Moqui Marble (Ironstone Concretion)
Goethite/Hematite Concretion (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH))
Chert (Mudstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
River Pebble (Likely Chert or Fine-Grained Sandstone/Quartzite)
Siliciclastic clast (likely Chert or Quartzarenite/Quartzite pebble)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Geode form
Banded Chert (River Siltstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Black Limestone with Calcite Veining
Bituminous Limestone (CaCO3 with Organic Carbon inclusions)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orthoceras Fossil Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopod); Limestone matrix (CaCO3)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Coquina
Coquina (Bioclastic Limestone)
Painted Pet Rock (Quartzite/Sandstone base)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with anthropomorphic acrylic embellishments
Ammonite Fossil in Limestone Matrix
Ammonoidea (subclass) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Sandstone
Arenite with Liesegang banding
Chert (Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone ((K, Na)(Fe3+, Al, Mg)2(Si, Al)4O10(OH)2)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand pebble)
Glauconitic Quartz Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Metamorphosed Bituminous Coal)
Jasper
Jasper (Silica/Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble)
Hematite/Goethite Concretion (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH))
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) / Iron Ore
Hematite-Magnetite BIF (Fe2O3 / Fe3O4 mixed with SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Moqui Marble (Iron Concretion)
Iron Oxide Concretion (Goethite/Hematite Cemented Sandstone)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper (Red/Brown Variety)
Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silica with Iron Oxide inclusions), SiO2
Chert (specifically Blue or Grey Chert/Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Gray/Black Chert)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (primarily Microcrystalline Quartz - SiO2)
Laterite
Lateritic Soil/Rock (rich in Fe2O3 and Al2O3)
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone
Limestone with Calcite Veins
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone (Coquina)