Fossil / Permineralized Bone
Tyrannosaurus rex fossil (Hydroxylapatite replaced by various minerals)
Category
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Fossil / Permineralized Bone
Tyrannosaurus rex fossil (Hydroxylapatite replaced by various minerals)
Gneiss Pebble
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Quartz (Citrine or Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silica - SiO2)
Tree Agate
Dendritic Chalcedony (SiO2)
River Rock (Basalt/Greywacke)
Aphanitic Basalt or Lithic Sandstone (Greywacke)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger)
Carcharias taurus (fossil specimen)
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Quartz Infill
Basalt (SiO2 for the quartz inclusion)
Sandstone (Greywacke)
Arenite/Greywacke (SiO2 major)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Quartz (chalcedony variety) or Limestone with Quartz Veins
SiO2 (for Quartz/Chalcedony); CaCO3 (for Limestone)
Chalcedony on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Apatite-(CaF), Ca5(PO4)3F
Angelite
Anhydrite (CaSO4)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Chalcedony (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Pyrite in Matrix (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Bauxite
Bauxite (mixture of Gibbiste Al(OH)3, Boehmite ̳-AlO(OH), and Diaspore ́-AlO(OH))
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Litharenite)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Feldspar)
Quartzite river stone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Common Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Malachite Coating on Host Rock
Malachite [Cu2CO3(OH)2]
Septarian (Dragon Stone)
Septarian concretion (Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Siltstone or Limestone Beach Pebble
Siltstone / Micritic Limestone
River Cobble (likely Quartzite or Limestone)
SiO2 (Quartzite dominant) or CaCO3 (Limestone dominant)
Basalt (Water-worn Pebble)
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chert
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chalcedony (River Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian type)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Quartz Pebble)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Calcareous or Ferruginous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Wonderstone (Liesegang Sandstone)
Silicified Sandstone with Liesegang Rings (SiO2 + FeO(OH))
Quartz / Quartzite
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)