Yellow Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Yellow Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Likely weathered sandstone or iron-rich chert fragment
Indeterminate; probable quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂) with iron-oxide cement, possibly chert
Polished brecciated jasper (likely septarian or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron oxides and possibly calcite or other rock fragments
Rounded reddish-brown pebble
Likely ferruginous sandstone or iron-rich quartzite; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Banded chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂
Chert Nodule in Limestone (Flint in Chalk)
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz) in CaCO3 (Calcite)
Concretion with Geode Cavity
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Red Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with Iron oxides
Siderite Concretion (Nodule)
Iron Carbonate (FeCO3) Concretion
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (Class) - Often found as Micraster or Clypeaster specimens
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Sand Dollar (Echinoidea)
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea (likely Dendraster or Scutella)
Puddingstone
Conglomerate
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Greywacke (River Siltstone)
Lithic Wacke (Sandstone subfamily)
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Ferruginous Sandstone or Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa
Fossilized Echinoid / Sea Urchin Internal Mold
Echinoidea internal cast (steinkern)
Chert Nodule in Limestone
Sedimentary rock comprising microcrystalline quartz (chert) and calcium carbonate (limestone)
Fossilized bivalve shell
Bivalvia indeterminate; likely a fossil cockle or clam shell, aragonite/calcite replaced or preserved
Fossil Coral / Petrifed Coral Agate
Silicified Anthozoa (Agatized Coral)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin Fossil)
Echinoidea
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) microcrystalline quartz
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint with Chalk/Calcite)
Sedimentary cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Banded Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Gravel and Pebbles
Unconsolidated rock fragments / detrital sediment
Sand
Siliciclastic sediment / Quartz sand (SiO2)
Gravel and River Pebbles
Unconsolidated rock fragments / Detrital sediment
Gravel
Unconsolidated rock fragments / detrital sediment
Fossil Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. (Eocene shark fossil)
Red Sandstone / Quartzite Pebble
Quartz Arenite / Quartzite
Banded Sandstone (River Pebble)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartzite and Feldspar grains)
Fossil brachiopod or bivalve shell
Likely a fossilized brachiopod; precise genus cannot be determined from the photograph
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)