Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (primarily CaCO3 as Calcite or Aragonite)
Category
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Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (primarily CaCO3 as Calcite or Aragonite)
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Chert (Brecciated Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone with Calcite Crystals
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Chert (with Brachiopod or Mollusk fragments)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) inclusions
Bituminous Coal
Organic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of carbon with sulfur and hydrogen)
Red Sandstone
Clastic Terrigenous Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 coating)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeO(OH) cement)
Red Sandstone (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Quartz Arenite / Arkose with Hematite Cement
Ferruginous Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Sandstone (specifically Cross-bedded Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Chert (Smooth River Pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Gypsum (Wallboard/Drywall)
Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Ferruginous Arenite
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Banded Variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Internal Mold)
Gastropoda; internal mold (steinkern), often composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Chert (Grey-Green Flint)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Ironstone Concretion)
Limonite (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, mixtures of FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (White Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Belemnite (Fossilized Rostrum)
Belemnitida (Order), composed of Calcite (CaCO3)
Ammonite Fossil (Polished Half)
Ammonoidea (subclass)
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Class Bivalvia (Likely a member of the Ostreidae or Gryphaeidae family), CaCO3
Chert (Nodule)
Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically White Chert or Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenicola (comprising mostly Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (microcrystalline quartz)
Chert (or Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline rhyolite
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone, Iron-rich
Chert (Brown variety / Common Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite with Hematite cementation
Belemnite Fossil (Guard)
Belemnoidea (Carbonate/Calcite replacement)
Limonite Concretion
Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz variant, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)