Red Ochre (Hematite-rich Clay)
Limonitic/Hematitic Claystone (Fe2O3 with clay minerals)
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Red Ochre (Hematite-rich Clay)
Limonitic/Hematitic Claystone (Fe2O3 with clay minerals)
Chert (and Fossiliferous Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Seashell
Invertebrate fossil (Bivalvia)
Fossilized wood fragment
Petrified wood; commonly silicified fossil wood (SiO₂ replacing organic tissue)
Crinoid Stem Fossil (Indian Bead)
Crinoid ossicle (Echinodermata)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-rich metamorphic coal)
Red Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Coal (Bituminous)
Bituminous Coal (C)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-rich metamorphic sedimentary rock)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Sedimentary Strata of the Badlands (Mudstone, Siltstone, and Sandstone)
White River Group (Brule and Chadron Formations)
Sandstone
Arenite
Red Shale
Lutite (primarily composed of Hydrous Aluminum Silicates with Hematite staining)
Peanut Wood
Silicified (Petrified) Wood - SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Siltstone with Concretion
Siltstone (composed of hydraulic silicates and quartz particles)
Fossil Coral and Quartz Pebble
Fossilized Anthozoa / Silicon Dioxide (Quartz)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite
Belemnite Fossil
Belemnitida (extinct order of Cephalopods)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Wood Jasper
Siliceous sedimentary rock (variety of Chert/Chalcedony)
Banded Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Coralline Inclusions)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Murchisonia/Gastropod Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or similar)
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Kambaba Jasper
Rhyolite (Volcanic rock) or Stromatolite (debated)
Sandstone
Quartz Arenite
Coquina Jasper
Fossiliferous Chalcedony (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (principally SiO2)
Fossilized Shell Impression / Siltstone Fossil
Bivalvia / Brachiopoda mold in Siltstone
Fossilized Oyster Shell
Ostreidae (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite
Cherry Creek Jasper (also known as Red Creek Jasper or Cherry Creek Agate)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Fossiliferous Chert or Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing fossilized marine invertebrates (likely crinoid stems or bryozoans)
Chert Nodules (with Gryphaea or Shell inclusions)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Calcitic inclusions
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Microbial mat fossil in silicified sediment)
Coal (Anthracite or Bituminous)
Carbon (C) with varying hydrocarbon and mineral impurities
Amber
Succinite (Formula: C10H16O)
Bituminous Coal
Humic coal (Carboniferous fossil fuel)
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Dendrite (Manganese Oxide Dendrites)
Psilomelane or Pyrolusite on Matrix (typically MnO2)
Cockle Shell (Bivalve)
Cardiidae (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)