Help with identification please.

PennyG

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I'm unaware of where these were found since they were found at my grandparents home after their passing. They lived in East Texas. I can identify the fossils and petrified wood. However, there are a few rocks and minerals in the host rock I can't identify.
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863557.594176.webp this rock has a shimmer to it like it was sprinkled with gold glitter. Hard to tell in pictures but not mica, it's not flakey. The rock itself is soft.
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863649.570655.webp same rock as first one.
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863679.791990.webp probably mica in quartz
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863708.015754.webp
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863721.501798.webp
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863740.121127.webp
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863756.921722.webp fossilized bark I believe. You can see the impressions of leaves.
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863805.378490.webp
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863823.431384.webp not 100% sure on this one .
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863860.937827.webp petrified wood
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863886.175801.webp
ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863906.326688.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1503863917.638695.webp
 

#1 is mica schist.
#2 Quartz & Mica, indeed.
 

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