Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (silicified fossiliferous chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Quartz-rich breccia (possibly silicified jasper or chalcedony breccia)
Silica breccia composed mainly of microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chalcedony, and possibly iron-oxide-stained quartz
Grey chert or siliceous limestone nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), likely with calcite and clay impurities
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Quartzo-feldspathic fossil wood)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Ocean Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz-rich polymict conglomerate (possibly hydrothermal breccia)
Clast-supported polymict conglomerate dominated by quartz; includes chalcedony/quartz and dark lithic clasts
Fossil Coral
Rugose Coral or Tabulate Coral (Phylum Cnidaria)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood / Fossilized Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony replacing $SiO_2$)
Quartz-rich chalcedony (likely silicified rock)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly silicified limestone or jasper
Iron-stained jasper (likely rough jasper)
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Tumbled chert or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert with a chalcedonic texture
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone
Dinosaur Bone (Gembone)
Silicified Dinosaur Bone (SiO2 replacing organic tissue)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Quartz-rich breccia or silicified rock
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining and darker host-rock fragments
Tumbled banded agate or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, likely with iron-oxide inclusions
Polished orbicular jasper (likely kambaba jasper)
Kambaba jasper; cryptocrystalline quartz/chalcedony with dark green and gray orbicular aggregates, commonly associated with altered volcanic material
Tumbled fossil-bearing limestone or chert
Microcrystalline calcite (limestone), possibly silicified; fossil fragments visible
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Permineralized wood)
Weathered brown chert or silicified mudstone
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; possibly a ferruginous silicified sediment
Polished jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Silicified Gastropod Fossil (Agatized Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class) preserved in Chalcedony/Quartz (SiO2)
Polychrome jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides and other inclusions
Polished petrified wood
Silicified wood, chiefly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), often with chalcedony and iron oxides
Rounded chert or silicified limestone pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony/chert), possibly replacing limestone; SiO₂
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossil Coral
Phylum Cnidaria / Rugosa or Tabulata
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Yellow jasper (likely iron-rich chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides/hydroxides