Polished brecciated jasper
Silicified microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), commonly called jasper
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Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished brecciated jasper
Silicified microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), commonly called jasper
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (principally Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fossil in Shale
Fossiliferous Shale
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Tan chert or fine-grained sandstone fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony-rich chert
Brecciated jasper (likely silicified breccia)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide matrix and lithic fragments
Botryoidal chalcedony (possible agate or silica sinter)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Chalcedony / milky quartz flake
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony; possibly a worked quartzite or chert fragment
Iron-stained jasper (likely orbicular/brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides/hydroxides
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Tumbled orange chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 / Quartz pseudomorph after wood)
Chert (likely flint-bearing chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/quartz aggregate)
Fossiliferous Sandstone
Fossiliferous Arenite
Tumbled yellow jasper or silicified rock fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, likely iron-oxide colored
Red jasper (likely iron-rich chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by hematite/goethite
Quartz-rich pebble, possibly chert or silicified limestone
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Flint with Fossil
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) microcrystalline quartz with fossiliferous inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Fossiliferous Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished/tumbled brown jasper (likely weathered chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide impurities
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified fossil-bearing chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony replacing carbonate shell material
Tumbled yellow jasper or chert pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely jasper/chert with iron-oxide staining
Polished fossil coral
Fossilized coral, commonly agatized coral (silica replacing CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Agatized fossil shell or shell-like chalcedony
Silicified carbonate fossil; microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) replacing calcite/aragonite
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula SiO2)
Silicified fossil shell, likely fossil oyster or clam
Silicified bivalve fossil; shell originally aragonite/calcite, partly replaced by chalcedony (SiO₂)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Chert or chalcedony pebble (possibly iron-stained)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely chert/chalcedony
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula: SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)