Quartz (Milky or Clear Quartz fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse sedimentary (fossilized organic remains) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (Milky or Clear Quartz fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 permineralization)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (containing Glauconite, (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with inclusions
Zebra Rock / Zebra Marble
Banded Limestone-Marble Transition
Fossiliferous Chert with Brachiopod Impression
Chert (SiO2) containing Brachiopoda fossil remains
Ruby in Kyanite
Al2O3 (Corundum) in Al2SiO5 (Kyanite-Fuchsite-Quartz)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone with high Glauconite concentration ((K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic arenite (contains (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone (contains (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (Chert Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chalk (Limestone variant)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coal (likely Anthracite)
Anthracite coal
Mookaite Jasper
Radiolarite (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (specifically a variety like Flint or River Jasper with Iron Oxidation)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Arenaceous concretion (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Green Jasper
Jasper (Silicates, SiO2)
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Sedimentary Matrix
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite Node
Goethite and Limonite (FeO(OH) nH2O)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Chert (often found as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Moss Agate / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz with Iron and Manganese inclusions
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Iron-potassium phyllosilicate mineral: (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Bituminous Coal
Organic-rich sedimentary rock (Complex hydrocarbons)
Shale
Shale (Sedimentary rock composed of mud/clay minerals)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Chert (chemical sedimentary rock), Quartz (SiO2)
Chalk (Calcitic)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)