Heart-shaped River Pebble (Chert/Quartzite)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) / Chert Pebble
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Heart-shaped River Pebble (Chert/Quartzite)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) / Chert Pebble
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstane (containing K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Tumbled jasper, likely red/brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Quartz-rich mineral fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose Coral (petoskey stone / fossilized rugose or tabulate coral)
Weathered iron-rich concretion (probable limonite/goethite)
Limonite–goethite aggregate, approximately FeO(OH)·nH₂O
Fossil Shark Tooth
Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes (Possibly Cretalamna or Otodus)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Fossilized Hexacoral)
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock (Coquina/Limestone)
Fossiliferous Calcarenite / Bioclastic Limestone
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Fossilized elasmobranch tooth (Apatite/Calcium Phosphate)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion
Ferruginous Sandstone / Iron-rich Sedimentary Rock
Lepidodendron Fossil (Scale Tree)
Lepidodendron
Fossil Seashell
Invertebrate fossil (Bivalvia)
Likely weathered chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably chalcedony/chert
Wishing Stone (Quartz-veined Sedimentary Pebble)
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz vein (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous Concretion)
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion / SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement
Sandstone Concretion (Omar or Nut Rock)
Sedimentary Concretion (specifically an 'Omarolluk' or Omar)
Quartz Veined Siltstone or Graywacke
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Quartz (SiO2) veining
Painted Garden Rock (likely Granite or Limestone base)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) based substrate with Acrylic/Enamel pigments
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, possibly fossil wood or bone
Indeterminate silicified/carbonate fossil in sandstone or mudstone
Rounded quartz-rich river pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite; chiefly silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Iron inclusions
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Belemnite Fossil (Guard)
Belemnoidea (Carbonate/Calcite replacement)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Limonitic Sandstone Concretion
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey-style)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Ferruginous Arenite
Siltstone with flute casts or scratch marks
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Siltstone/Fine-grained Sandstone)
Red Jasper (Poppy Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class) fossil
Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide inclusions
Banded iron formation (ironstone)
BIF; hematite–magnetite–quartz/chert assemblage
Tumbled brown quartzite or jasper
Quartzite (mostly SiO₂), possibly iron-rich jasper (microcrystalline quartz)
Picture Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide and mineral impurities
River Rock (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Oyster Fossils)
Fossiliferous Calcarenite / Bivalve Mollusk Fossil
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions