Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
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Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Flaked stone projectile point
Likely worked chert or fine-grained silicified shale; exact lithology cannot be confirmed from the image
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper (likely brecciated or silicified jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Turritella Gastropod Fossil
Turritella (mollusk fossil in sedimentary matrix)
Banded chert or silicified sedimentary stone
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, possibly with iron-oxide and clay impurities
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Fossilized Hexacoral)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (mainly Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Blue-gray chalcedony or quartz-rich rock
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly silicified host rock
Petrified Wood
Fossilized Wood (SiO2 replacing organic matter)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of cellulose)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossiliferous limestone, likely with a coral or stromatoporoid fossil
Calcite (CaCO₃) limestone containing fossilized marine skeletal material
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Microbial mat fossil in silicified sediment)
Flint / Chert (or fossiliferous nodule)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Banded chert or silicified sedimentary rock
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral bands
Polished jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained jasper/chalcedony
Red Jasper (with Quartz inclusion)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide impurities
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Banded agate (likely petrified wood or silicified sediment)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂; possible silicified wood
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz / Chalcedony: SiO2)
Banded chert or siliceous mudstone
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; possibly ferruginous shale
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Weathered chert or chalcedony nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly silicified limestone or agate-like chalcedony
Weathered chert or flint nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly chalcedony/quartz
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert or flint fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), often with chalcedony
Petrified Wood (Black / Carbonized)
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz/Chalcedony replacing Organic Matter)
Yellow chalcedony (likely common yellow jasper or waxy quartz)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely chalcedony with iron-oxide or other coloring impurities
Crinoid Stem Fossil (in matrix)
Crinoid (Class Crinoidea)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasperized quartz or quartzite
Mostly SiO₂ quartz with iron oxides/hydroxides (hematite, goethite) and possible clay or feldspar impurities
Jasper (Red/Yellow)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Bone
Silicified / Mineralized Fossil (Silica SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)