Fine-grained sedimentary rock, likely mudstone
Mudstone (clay- and silt-sized siliciclastic sedimentary rock)
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Fine-grained sedimentary rock, likely mudstone
Mudstone (clay- and silt-sized siliciclastic sedimentary rock)
Chert (Chalcedony-rich sedimentary rock)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sedimentary Rock with Crafts (Pet Rock)
Sedimentary rock decorated with synthetic materials
Weathered iron-rich sedimentary rock (probable laterite/ironstone)
Limonite/goethite-rich ferruginous material; commonly approximated as FeO(OH)·nH₂O with clay and quartz
Banded Sedimentary Rock (Wishbone Stone / Banded Quartzite or Limestone)
Silicified limestone or banded sedimentary rock with mineral veins
Siltstone Pebble with Veining
Siltstone
Shiva Lingam
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Jasperiod Siltstone)
Light-colored sedimentary rock, likely limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (primarily CaCO₃); exact identification requires testing
Iron-rich sedimentary rock, likely banded iron formation fragment
Banded iron formation (BIF), composed chiefly of hematite/magnetite and chert
Weathered coal-bearing sedimentary rock (likely shale or mudstone with coal fragments)
Carbonaceous shale/mudstone; predominantly clay minerals, quartz, and organic carbon
Fossilized Shark Tooth in Matrix
Otodus obliquus (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes)
Sandstone
Arenite
Weathered brown rock, likely sandstone
Quartz-rich sandstone (composition uncertain from image)
Weathered sandstone fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone (compositionally uncertain)
Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Bivalve Fossil
Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca)
Conglomerate
Clast-supported polymictic conglomerate
Conglomerate
Clast-supported polymict conglomerate
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite
Quartzite (tentative identification; exact rock type cannot be confirmed from the image)
Fossil trilobite
Trilobita (likely a spiny or enrolled trilobite; exact genus unclear)
Rounded weathered pebble
Likely fine-grained sandstone, siltstone, or weathered volcanic rock; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock)
Shale (or Mudstone/Siltstone)
Sedimentary Mudrock (SiO2, Al2O3 base with clay minerals)
Sedimentary rock with quartz veining
Laminated siltstone or mudstone with hydrothermal quartz veins
Quartz Vein in Sedimentary Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host Chert or Limestone
Quartz-veined Sedimentary Rock
Hydrothermally veined Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 veins in Matrix)
Sandstone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock
Weathered Sandstone or Siltstone
Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone or Limestone
Sedimentary Rock
Weathered brown pebble, possibly basalt or iron-rich chert
Provisional identification: fine-grained basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene), potentially coated by iron oxides; exact identification requires testing
Shale or Slaty Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Weathered sandstone fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone, likely arkose or lithic sandstone
Shale / Mudstone
Laminated Mudrock (Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rock)
Fossilized Shell Impression / Siltstone Fossil
Bivalvia / Brachiopoda mold in Siltstone
Shale
Laminated Mudstone (Shale)
Conglomerate (Puddingstone)
Conglomerate (specifically, clastic sedimentary rock)
Shale
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Shale
Lutaceous sedimentary rock
Coal
Carbonaceous sedimentary rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary rock)