Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
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Browse sedimentary (with some aspects of mineral replacement) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Quartz/Chalcendony replacing organic matter)
Fossilized Coral
Anthozoa
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea
Galena
Lead Sulfide (PbS)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Chert with Druzy Quartz Geode
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Galena specimen
Galena (PbS), commonly associated with sphalerite and other sulfides
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with iron oxide inclusions), SiO2
Jasper (Red-Brown)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide impurities
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variation)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite-pseudomorph after Pyrite (Prophecy Stone)
Goethite and Limonite secondary minerals (FeO(OH)·nH2O) replacing Pyrite (FeS2)
Flint
Chert (SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicified microcrystalline quartz) - SiO2
Fossilized wood (petrified wood)
Silicified permineralized wood, commonly quartz (SiO₂) replacing or infilling woody tissue
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes dentition (Fossilized Tooth)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Shell
Invertebrate fossil (Bivalvia or Brachiopoda)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Agate/Flint variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint when dark)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red jasper (iron-rich chert), possibly brecciated
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) colored by hematite and goethite
Chert (Field Stone)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished black-and-gold brecciated stone, likely sheen obsidian or brecciated jasper
Probable volcanic glass (obsidian), SiO₂, with iron-oxide or rhyolitic inclusions; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Fossiliferous limestone (coral-rich limestone)
Bioclastic carbonate rock, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃), with fossilized colonial coral or bryozoan material
Chert (Field-collected variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Echinoid Fossil (Sea Urchin)
Echinoidea (specifically likely Schizaster or similar genus), calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Coral
Rugosa / Scleractinia (Agatized or Calcitized Coral)
Fossilized Echinoid / Sea Urchin Internal Mold
Echinoidea internal cast (steinkern)
Galena
Lead sulfide (PbS)
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Crinoid Stem Fossil
Crinoid columnal (Echinodermata)
Fossil coral pebble
Fossilized colonial coral, commonly Favosites or Hexagonaria