Orbicular jasper (orbicular chert), likely ocean jasper
Silicified microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and/or clay-rich orbicules
Category
Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Orbicular jasper (orbicular chert), likely ocean jasper
Silicified microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and/or clay-rich orbicules
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock (Coquina/Limestone)
Fossiliferous Calcarenite / Bioclastic Limestone
Fossiliferous Shale
Sedimentary Clastic Rock with fossil inclusions (likely Brachiopod or Bivalve impressions)
Brecciated jasper
Silicified breccia, chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide pigments
Blue-gray quartz-bearing rock, likely rough chalcedony or silicified host rock
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining and minor feldspar/clay minerals
Limestone (Fossiliferous)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Polished red jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored by iron oxides
Weathered agate or chalcedony nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely agate/chalcedony with iron-oxide staining
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Chrysocolla (with Quartz and Malachite)
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Limestone
Polished fossiliferous agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), likely fossil-bearing agate
Fossil Bone Fragment
Petrified bone (permineralized hydroxyapatite)
Chrysocolla
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O
Chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly chalcedony with possible opal or clay impurities
Polished fossil coral (likely agatized coral)
Fossilized colonial coral; commonly silicified as chalcedony/quartz (SiO₂)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - primarily Quartz/Chalcedony/Opal)
Yellow jasper / silicified breccia
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide staining and possible breccia fragments
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcite-rich limestone containing possible brachiopod or coral fossil impressions
Coprolite
Fossilized feces (various taxa)
Turritella Agate / Fossiliferous Limestone
Elimia tenera in Chalcedony/Calcite Matrix
Fossilized wood or plant fragment
Petrified wood (silicified fossil wood; commonly Araucarioxylon or related taxa)
Quartz-rich translucent fragment
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony or vein quartz
Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone (likely a crinoidal or shell-fragment limestone)
Bioclastic limestone, composed chiefly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (permineralized wood)
Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Silicified microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony; mainly SiO₂ with iron-oxide inclusions
Petrified wood
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing organic tissue
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Weathered fossilized wood (likely petrified wood)
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony replacing wood tissue (SiO₂)
Fossiliferous Sandstone
Sedimentary rock containing invertebrate fossils
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossil Assortment and Geological Specimens
Various (including Ammonoidea)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily quartz/chalcedony replacing organic wood structure, SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate matrix with macrofossils (CaCO3)
Fossilized wood (petrified wood)
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing wood tissue
Polished ocean jasper
Silicified rhyolite/chalcedony aggregate (primarily microcrystalline SiO₂)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)