Chert (Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Picture Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide and mineral impurities
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock (Coquina/Limestone)
Fossiliferous Calcarenite / Bioclastic Limestone
Bumblebee Jasper
Calcite with Arsenic and Manganese oxides (technically a volcanic rock)
Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin Fossil)
Echinoidea (phylum Echinodermata), often preserved as Calcite (CaCO3)
Pebble
Clast (specifically a granule or small pebble)
Red Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (primarily Quartz SiO2 with Hematite Fe2O3 staining)
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Microbial mat fossil in silicified sediment)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Calamites (Fossilized Horsetail)
Calamites suckowii (Family: Calamitaceae)
Wishing Stone (Quartz-veined Siltstone or Graywacke)
Hydrothermal Quartz vein in matrix of SiO2 (Quartz) and Al2O3 (Clay minerals)
Sandstone with Ironstone Banding
Clastic Sandstone (composed of Quartz with Hematite/Limonite bonding)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation
Yellow Jasper
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Internal Mold)
Gastropoda; internal mold (steinkern), often composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based clastic rock)
Fossilized Sand Tiger Shark Tooth
Carcharias taurus / Striatolamia macrota (mineralized as Hydroxylapatite/Francolite)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate corals), CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Chert Pebble / Brachiopod Fossil Internal Mold
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Fossil: Brachiopoda (generic internal mold)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Red Jasper (Skull Carving)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 plus Iron Oxide inclusions)
Jasper (Mookaite variety likely)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Fish Fossil in Limestone
Lycoptera (likely) in Micritic Limestone
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (a variety of Quartz, SiO2)
River Stone (likely Mudstone or Siltstone)
Lutite (Clastic sedimentary rock composed of clay and silt-sized particles)
Painted River Pebble (likely Basalt or Greywacke)
Aphanitic Lithic Clast with Anthropogenic Pigment coating
River Rock (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Chalk
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) permineralized organic matter
Fossilized Wood (with Coal and Limonite)
Petrified Wood (Silicified or Carbonized Flora)
Jasper with Quartz Veining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Opaque cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sedimentary rock with quartz veining
Laminated siltstone or mudstone with hydrothermal quartz veins
Jasper River Stone
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony