Banded Jasper (Mookaite / Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Category
Browse sedimentary (fossilized) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Banded Jasper (Mookaite / Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Weathered sandstone or siltstone
Clastic sedimentary rock, chiefly quartz and feldspar grains cemented by clay, silica, or iron oxides
Fossil Coral
Tabulate Coral (potentially Favosites or Calapoecia)
Gastropod Steinkern (Internal Mold Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class); Internal mold or 'Steinkern' composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Sedimentary matrix
Chert (Common Opal/Chalcedony variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Agate
SiO2
Puddingstone (Gowganda)
Gowganda Formation Conglomerate
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda in calcitic matrix
Lepidodendron Fossil in Sandstone
Lepidodendron (Lycophytina, Lepidodendrales)
Pebble (likely Quartz or Chert)
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide) - referring to the likely main mineral composition, Quartz. If it's chert, the scientific name remains SiO₂ with a microcrystalline structure.
Red sandstone
Quartz-rich sandstone, commonly ferruginous (Fe-oxide stained)
Chert (Jasper/Opaline variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Rock)
Limonite Geode (Ironstone Concretion)
Limonite [FeO(OH)·nH2O] with possible Quartz or Calcite interior
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron impurities
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Quartz-veined Sandstone Pebble
Quartzite-veined Arenite
Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Weathered limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (mostly CaCO₃)
Sandstone Pebble
Quartz Sandstone
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Micaceous)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone (Water-worn Pebble)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Quartz Arenite (iron-stained)
Sandstone / Weathered Quartzite
Sandstone (Quartz Arenite)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains, primarily SiO2)
Ironstone Pebble
Sedimentary Ironstone (Hematite/Limonite-bearing)
Coquina / Shelly Sandstone
Calcareous Sandstone / Coquina
Fossiliferous Sandstone (with Quartz patch)
Sedimentary Sandstone with Silicified Shell Fragments
Moqui Marble (Concretion)
Iron Oxide Concretion (Hematite-cemented Sandstone)
Jasper
SiO2
Sandstone (with ripple marks)
Arenite / Quartz Sandstone
Sandstone and Conglomerate pebbles
Sedimentary clastic rock
Sandstone (with Iron Oxide)
Quartz Arenite / Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Sandstone
Banded sandstone pebble
Lithic or quartz-rich sandstone; exact composition requires testing