Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
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Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Mixed pebble collection, including likely flint, quartzite, and fossil material
Varied silicate rocks; visible specimen may include chert (microcrystalline SiO₂), quartzite, and a possible fossil
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda in calcitic matrix
Chert (and Fossiliferous Limestone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz-rich weathered rock, possibly quartzite
Quartzite (mostly SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the image
Weathered breccia or hydrothermal vein rock
Silicified polymict breccia, likely quartz–iron-oxide breccia
Tumbled limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (typically SiO2 + others)
Limestone Breccia
Sedimentary Breccia (Calcareous)
Fossil Sponge / Horn Coral / Crinoid Stem
Phylum Porifera or Cnidaria fossilized in calcium carbonate / silica
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (order potentially Spiriferida)
Weathered limestone fragment
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil Coral and Quartz Pebble
Fossilized Anthozoa / Silicon Dioxide (Quartz)
Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Silicified microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony; SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Fossilized Coral (Favosites)
Favosites goldfussi / Tabulata
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone pebble
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃), possibly containing small fossil fragments
Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Silicified volcanic rock; predominantly microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron oxides and possible feldspar/zeolite inclusions
Limestone with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3 with SiO2 or CaCO3 intrusions)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, SiO2)
Weathered limestone
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Stromatolite fossil in Chert/Jasper
Cyanobacteria / Microcystis (fossilized)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopods
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossilized Brachiopoda sp. (likely Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida)
Weathered limestone
Micritic to fossiliferous limestone; primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossil Coral (Favosites)
Favosites (Order: Tabulata, Phylum: Cnidaria)
Orbicular jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide and silica-rich clasts
Fossiliferous shale or mudstone with a brachiopod fossil
Likely a spiriferid brachiopod fossil in dark shale/mudstone; exact species and age require locality and examination
Quartz-rich chalcedony (likely agate or jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly a quartzite or silicified rock
Fossiliferous Limestone / Coral Fossil
Fossiliferous Limestone with Anthozoa (Coral) fossil
Chert (and Fossilized Brachiopod shell)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered limestone
Calcitic limestone, primarily CaCO₃ (often recrystallized toward marble)
Fossilized Pycnodonte Oyster
Pycnodonte (Gryphaeostrea) species; Composition is Calcium Carbonate (Calcite/Aragonite)
Sandstone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock
Fossiliferous limestone fragment
Calcitic limestone; mainly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly with shell or coral debris
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda (Calcium Carbonate/Silica replacement)
Rounded river cobble, likely weathered sandstone or siltstone
Quartz-rich clastic sedimentary rock; exact identification requires a fresh surface and testing
Tumbled fossiliferous limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous micrite