Chert (Flint) / Silicified Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Flint) / Silicified Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil-bearing Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentum cum fossili
Fossilized Brachiopod
Brachiopoda (e.g., Atrypa or Rhynchonellida)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicified microcrystalline quartz) - SiO2
Fossil Coral
Hexagonaria or Rugose Coral (Fossilized Calcium Carbonate / Silica)
Limestone with possible fossil inclusions
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Likely tumbled sandstone or limestone
Quartz-rich sandstone (possibly calcarenite/limestone)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Gastropod (Snail)
Class Gastropoda (internal mold or 'steinkern')
Leopard jasper (orbicular jasper)
Silicified volcanic rock, chiefly microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with feldspar and iron-oxide inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with marine fossils
Chalcedony (Agate/Chert variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Coral (Favosites Honeycomb)
Favosites (Genus), Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa
Weathered limestone slab
Micritic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Iron-stained sandstone or weathered ironstone concretion
Quartz-rich sandstone, locally cemented by iron oxides (hematite/goethite); exact identification requires testing
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pink Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hag Stone (Holey Rock / Fossiliferous Limestone)
Limestone (CaCO3) with natural erosion / fossil cavities
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium carbonate matrix with macrofossils (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood / Jasper Chert
Silicified Wood / Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Picasso Jasper (Picasso Stone)
Metamorphosed Calcium Carbonate (Silicified Limestone)
Sandstone (Wonderstone)
Silicified Sandstone / Orthoquartzite with Liesegang rings
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (Silicon Dioxide: SiO2)
Carnelian Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/SiO2)
Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline Quartz)
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Vuggy Chert / Silicified Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Peanut Wood
Silicified (Petrified) Wood - SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony with Quartz Crystals
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Brain Coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Fossilized)
Chalcedony Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (containing fossil leaf impression)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Reddish sandstone
Quartz-rich sandstone (arenite), commonly iron-oxide stained
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (lithic wacke/arenite)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 + varied clasts)