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Sedimentary (Fossilized Organic Remains)

Browse sedimentary (fossilized organic remains) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Sapropel

Petrified Wood

Bituminous Shale

Bituminous Shale

Black Shale

Amber

Conglomerate

Jet

Quartzite Sandstone

Quartzite Sandstone

Breccia

Ironstone

Oil Shale

Kambaba Jasper

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint when dark or worked) (Cryptocrystalline silica (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint when dark or worked)

Cryptocrystalline silica (SiO2)

Chert (Yellow variety / Jasper) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Yellow variety / Jasper)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (specifically Yellow/Tan Chert) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Yellow/Tan Chert)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Yellow Jasper variant) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Arrowhead/Tool variety) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Arrowhead/Tool variety)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Nodule) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Nodule)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Basanite / Flint) (Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Basanite / Flint)

Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)

Chert Pebble (Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Pebble

Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint) (Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint)

Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety) (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Chert (Jasper variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (variations include Flint) (Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (variations include Flint)

Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Green Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Green Chert

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert / Flint (Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Flint

Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint variety) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint variety)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (or Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (or Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (River Pebble) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (River Pebble)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Iron-stained) (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Iron-stained)

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint/Gray Chalcedony) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint/Gray Chalcedony)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Chert Nodule) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Chert Nodule)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert Pebble with Inclusion (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Pebble with Inclusion

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Nodule) (Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Nodule)

Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (specifically as a lithic artifact/projectile point) (Chert (Silicon dioxide, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically as a lithic artifact/projectile point)

Chert (Silicon dioxide, SiO2)

Chert (Iron-stained) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Iron-stained)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Amber (Resinite (Succinite if from the Baltic); Chemical Formula: C10H16O (approximate)) — Organic Diamond/Gemstone (often associated with Sedimentary sequences)

Amber

Resinite (Succinite if from the Baltic); Chemical Formula: C10H16O (approximate)

Organic Diamond/Gemstone (often associated with Sedimentary sequences)

Fossilized Shark Tooth (Elasmobranchii (fossilized matrix/root section)) — fossil

Fossilized Shark Tooth

Elasmobranchii (fossilized matrix/root section)

Chert (Jasper) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Commonly called Jasper or Flint) (Chert (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Commonly called Jasper or Flint)

Chert (SiO2)

Likely weathered fossil bone fragment (Indeterminate fossilized bone; taxonomic identification requires microscopy and locality data) — fossil

Likely weathered fossil bone fragment

Indeterminate fossilized bone; taxonomic identification requires microscopy and locality data

Fossilized Shark Tooth (Anterior/Lateral) (Otodus megalodon or Carcharodon carcharias (fossilized)) — fossil

Fossilized Shark Tooth (Anterior/Lateral)

Otodus megalodon or Carcharodon carcharias (fossilized)

Chert (Jasper) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (River Pebble) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (River Pebble)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Shale with Coprolite influence (Argillaceous sedimentary rock (Shale/Mudstone)) — sedimentary

Shale with Coprolite influence

Argillaceous sedimentary rock (Shale/Mudstone)

Fossilized Oyster Shell (Gryphaea or Exogyra (Family Ostreidae)) — fossil

Fossilized Oyster Shell

Gryphaea or Exogyra (Family Ostreidae)

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)