Sodalite
Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride (Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (with some aspects of mineral replacement) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sodalite
Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride (Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Magnetite / Lodestone
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Baryte (Barite)
Barium sulfate (BaSO4)
Likely galena-bearing ore
Galena (PbS), possibly mixed with quartz or carbonate gangue
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fossilized Fish (Lepidotes)
Lepidotes sp. (Order: Lepisosteiformes)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Botryoidal chalcedony (possibly agate/geode material)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; commonly intergrown with calcite and iron oxides
Fossil Coral
Scleractinia (Fossilized Hexacoral)
Fossilized Gastropod / Coral
Phylum Mollusca / Cnidaria (Silicified or Calcified)
Galena
Lead Sulfide (PbS)
Agatized Dinosaur Bone
Permineralized Dinosaur Bone (Silicified/Agatized Bone)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Jasper
SiO2 (Cryptocrystalline quartz)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Mineral and Rock Collection (Assorted)
Mixed collection including Quartz (SiO2), Jasper (SiO2 with impurities), Rose Quartz, and Aventurine
Galena
Lead(II) sulfide (PbS)
Tumbled picture jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide and clay inclusions
Chert
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Brachiopod Fossil in Matrix
Phylum Brachiopoda
Specular Hematite
Hematite (Iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3)
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Metallic sulfide ore, likely galena-bearing rock
Galena (lead sulfide, PbS), possibly with pyrite or other sulfides
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Cowrie Shell Fossil
Cypraea sp.
Pyrite and Calcite (or Barite) Specimen
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Pyrite (on host rock)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Ammonite Fossil
Ammonoidea subclass (calcium carbonate / silica replacement)
Poppy Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Fossilized Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate corals), CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossilized Snail Cast)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Commonly CaCO3 or SiO2 after replacement)
Galena
Galena (lead sulfide, PbS)
Fossilized Tooth Fragment
Vertebrate Fossil (Mammalia indet.)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)