Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
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Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Painted Garden Rock
Coated Siltstone or Mudstone
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Caribbean Calcite
Calcium Carbonate with Argonite (CaCO3)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Chert (Common Opal/Jasper transition)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Opal (Triplet)
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Limestone
Calcite (CaCO3)
Ferruginous Siltstone
Siltstone with Magnetite/Hematite bands
Sandstone (Quartzite-rich Cobble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite
Red Jasper (or Banded Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with Hematite impurities)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite
Common Opal / Chert
Hydrated silica (SiO2·nH2O) or Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Sponge / Horn Coral / Crinoid Stem
Phylum Porifera or Cnidaria fossilized in calcium carbonate / silica
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone (Quartz with Glauconite)
Chert (Sedimentary Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Lithic Arenite)
Clastic sedimentary rock predominantly composed of silicate grains
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeO(OH) cement)
Red Jasper (or Agate/Jasper mixture)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Chert (Agatized/Chalcedony variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Yellow Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone (Red Arkose)
Sandstone (Arkose variant, primarily SiO2 with KAlSi3O8)
Chert (specifically Gray/Blue-Gray Chert)
Chert (SiO2)
Quartzite Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2 rich)
Magnetite / Ironstone
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Red Jasper (Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron impurities
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a sedimentary or igneous host
Brachiopod Fossil in Matrix
Phylum Brachiopoda
Banded Iron Formation
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic sandstone ((K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Sandstone or Siltstone
Arenite or Siltstone
Fossilized Fish Skeleton in Matrix
Vertebrata (Class: Actinopterygii), typically found in limestone or shale matrices
Sedimentary River Rock
Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rock (Quartzite or Sandstone pebble)