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)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Porcellanite (SiO2 with impurities)
Fossil Brachiopod Cast (Atrypa species)
Phylum Brachiopoda, Class Rhynchonellata, Order Atrypida
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (Hydrox yapatite replaced by Silica or Calcite)
Favosites (Honeycomb Coral Fossil)
Favosites sp. (Phylum Cnidaria, Order Tabulata)
Chert / Flint Conglomerate
Silicified Sedimentary Breccia (primarily SiO2)
Red Jasper (possibly Chert/Argillite)
Jasper (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, SiO2)
Fossil Coral (Rugose Coral Fragment)
Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colonial corals)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopods
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossilized Brachiopoda sp. (likely Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida)
Fossil Coral (Rugosa or Solitary Coral)
Rugosa (Order), often referred to as 'Horn Coral' (Lithostrotionella or Grewingkia)
Fossil Coral (Rugose Coral)
Rugosa (extinct order); typically composed of Calcite (CaCO3) or replaced by Quartz (SiO2)
Coral Fossil (Favosites)
Favosites (Extinct genus of tabulate corals)
Gastropod Fossil (Snail Internal Mold)
Gastropoda; internal mold (steinkern), often composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Horn Coral Fossil
Rugosa (Order Rugosa)
Crushed Limestone
Calcite-rich Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Fossilized Solitary Rugose Coral (Horn Coral)
Order: Rugosa (e.g., Grewingkia or Heliophyllum); composed of Calcite (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone (composed primarily of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Crinoid Fossil in Limestone
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea) in Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Sedimentum arenaceum
Fossiliferous Limestone with Rugose Coral
Calcite (CaCO3) matrix containing Rugosa (order of extinct solitary and colonial corals)
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)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chert/Jasper
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone (complex silicate formula: (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey-like or Favosites)
Anthozoa (Fossilized Coral)
Favosites (Honeycomb Coral Fossil)
Favosites (Genus of extinct tabulate coral)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Paleoflora (mainly Quartz, SiO2)
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Coquina (Organic Clastic Limestone)
Chert (Nodular or Fossiliferous)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Stromatolite (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Coquina (composed primarily of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (with Crinoids)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Calligraphy Stone
Mariam Jasper (Fossiliferous Limestone with Hematite and Iron)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal)
Calcite-bearing bioclastic packstone (CaCO3)