Pyrite (Fool's Gold) in Matrix
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (with some aspects of mineral replacement) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Pyrite (Fool's Gold) in Matrix
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Chalcedony (Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Gastropod Fossil
Class Gastropoda (fossilized)
Calamites (Fossil)
Calamites sp. (Tracheophyta, Equisetopsida)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger)
Carcharias taurus (fossil specimen)
Fossilized Echinoid (Sea Urchin) or Brachiopod
Echinoidea / Invertebrate Fossil
Fossil shark tooth
Likely fossilized shark tooth, possibly *Carcharocles* or *Otodus* species
Fossil bivalve shell
Fossilized mollusk (Bivalvia), likely oyster or related species; exact genus requires locality and preparation
Chert (or Flint)
Chert (microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Bone Chunk
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (indeterminant)
Fossilized Gastropod Shell
Class Gastropoda (Fossil)
Fossilized Coprolite
Coprolite (fossilized feces)
Pyrite in Matrix (Healers Gold / Pyrite Egg)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) with Magnetite/Hematite matrix
Chalcedony in Matrix (likely Agatized Coral or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Common Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Celestine (Celestite)
Celestine (Strontium Sulfate, SrSO4)
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Jasper
Silicon dioxide, SiO2
Flint
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz / Chert)
Gneiss
Metamorphic Gneiss
Fossilized shell fragment
Indeterminate fossil mollusk; likely a silicified or mineral-replaced bivalve/gastropod fragment
Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes tooth
Chert with Druzy Quartz and Mossy/Iron Inclusions
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate bone/tooth; taxonomic identification is not possible from this blurred image
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Barite
Barium Sulfate (BaSO4)
Yellow Chert (Yellow Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Coral
Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Seashell Fossil
Gastropoda fossil
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Hematite Concretion
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Black Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Rugose Coral / Hexagonaria (Fossilized calcium carbonate)
Quartz (Chert/Chalcedony variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Hematite with Magnetite
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Gneiss (Metamorphic Pebble)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)