Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Porcellanite (SiO2 with impurities)
Red Jasper (possibly Chert/Argillite)
Jasper (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Fossiliferous Chert or Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing fossilized marine invertebrates (likely crinoid stems or bryozoans)
Limestone (Weathered/Silicified)
Sedimentary carbonate rock (primarily CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Wood / Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Flora)
Fossil Coral (Petoskey Stone or Favosites)
Favosites (specifically Hexagonaria percarinata if silica-replaced Michigan type)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossilized Snail Cast)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Commonly CaCO3 or SiO2 after replacement)
Likely petrified wood or silicified fossil fragment
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Quartz Veining
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone, possibly containing a brachiopod or bivalve fossil
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), with an apparent shell impression or shell fragment
Chalcedony
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Leopard Skin Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and manganese inclusions
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae)
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia or Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Fossiliferous Sandstone Pebble (with Crinoid / Shell Impression)
Sandstone containing fossiliferous inclusions (SiO2 matrix with calcite/silica cast fossil)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Gastropod / Crinoid Fossil Rock)
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Flint / Chert (Fossiliferous)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with microcrystalline quartz
Limestone with fossiliferous textures
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina or Fossiliferous Conglomerate
Bioclastic Rudstone (variable composition)
Chert (and Fossiliferous Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (or Fossiliferous Limestone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcite (CaCO3) matrix containing Rugosa (order of extinct solitary and colonial corals)
Limestone (fossiliferous or weathered)
Sedimentary carbonate rock primarily composed of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous limestone (likely ammonite/gastropod-bearing)
Bioclastic limestone; predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Flint or Chert with Bryozoan Fossils
Sedimentary cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2) with fossil inclusions
Weathered fossiliferous limestone or fossil fragment
Indeterminate bioclastic carbonate rock; likely calcite (CaCO₃) with fossil shell material
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone, possibly an oyster or other bivalve fossil
Calcite (CaCO₃) shell material preserved in micritic limestone; exact fossil taxon cannot be confirmed from one image
Fossil Coral (Rugose Coral Fragment)
Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colonial corals)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petrifaction
Sedimentary rock with fossil inclusions / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Weathered carbonate rock, possibly fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), tentative identification
Chert Fossil (Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with biogenic inclusions
Weathered fossiliferous sandstone or mudstone cobble
Lithified siliciclastic sediment; the raised curved feature may be a trace fossil or shell impression
Fossiliferous Sandstone with Plant Remains
Arenite with Carbonaceous impressions (likely Paleozoic/Mesozoic Flora)
Chert (potentially Fossiliferous or Jasperoid)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Solitary Rugose Coral (Horn Coral)
Order: Rugosa (e.g., Grewingkia or Heliophyllum); composed of Calcite (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)