Petrified wood
Silicified wood, commonly quartz (SiO₂) replacing woody tissue
Category
Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified wood
Silicified wood, commonly quartz (SiO₂) replacing woody tissue
Polished Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (variety of Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion with Fossil Wood
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Weathered jasper or iron-stained quartzite
Silicified quartz-rich rock, primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide/hydroxide staining
Chrysocolla in Quartz (Gem Silica)
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (Chrysocolla) / SiO2 (Quartz)
Polished ocean jasper / orbicular jasper
Silicified rhyolite or chalcedony-rich microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly sold as ocean jasper
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with marine fossils
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly coral or shell-bearing
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcite (CaCO3) matrix with biogenic fragments
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcite, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood; commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing cellular tissue
Yellow chalcedony (likely polished/tumbled pieces)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; commonly called yellow jasper or silicified limestone depending on exact texture
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone containing marine invertebrate fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), with fossil shell fragments
Mother of Pearl (Nacre) / Shell Fragment
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) with marine fossils
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic quartz wacke or arenite
Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3 with fossil fragments)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate with Fossils)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (containing bioclasts)
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone; predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), commonly as calcite with fossil fragments
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calclutite / Bio-calcarenite (CaCO3)
Unidentified tumbled translucent stone
Possibly quartz/chalcedony; exact identification requires hardness and diagnostic testing
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, predominantly CaCO₃ (calcite), with possible shell or coral fossils
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcite-rich sedimentary rock with invertebrate fossils (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)