Chert Nodule (Flint)
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
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Chert Nodule (Flint)
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Common Opal/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with hydration
Coal
Anthracite or Bituminous Coal
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 permineralization)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (Sedimentary Rock)
Quartzite river stone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3) containing Crinoid or Brachiopod remains
Green Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Graphite
Graphite (Carbon, C)
Chert (Yellow Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in sedimentary/volcanic host
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert Concretion with Iron Oxide Staining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Picture Jasper
SiO2
Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale (sub-type: Carbonaceous Shale)
Lutaceous Sedimentary Rock
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Concretion
Septarian Concretion (Fragmentary)
Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Mudstone)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Nodule / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Coral / Fossilized Coral
Scleractinia (Anthodiscus / Favia / Montastraea fossil)
Fossiliferous Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with fossil inclusions
Fossilized coral or carbonate fossil fragment
Calcareous fossil, likely colonial coral (order Hexacorallia; uncertain from image)
Fossilized Stingray Mouth Plate
Myliobatidae gen. et sp. indet. (e.g., Myliobatis, Aetobatus)
Fossilized Trilobite Pygidium / Glabella Fragment
Trilobita (e.g., Phacops or Ceraurus sp.)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Hexagonaria)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Rugosa coral (CaCO3)
Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata
Fossilized ammonite (likely weathered ammonite cross-section)
Ammonoidea; commonly Jurassic–Cretaceous ammonite fossils replaced by calcite or aragonite
Fossilized bivalve shell in limestone
Calcitic fossil shell; likely an oyster or other rudist/bivalve (Bivalvia), preserved in carbonate rock
Fossilized Favosites Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus Table Coral)