Small gray, fine-grained pebble (possibly a weathered sandstone or siltstone)
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
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Small gray, fine-grained pebble (possibly a weathered sandstone or siltstone)
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Likely smoky quartz crystal
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly smoky quartz
Likely pyrite-bearing rock fragment
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly in a weathered host rock; identification is uncertain from the image
Fossil oyster shell
Oyster (family Ostreidae), preserved as calcite/aragonite shell
Quartz-rich rock fragment
Likely quartz vein material, predominantly quartz (SiO₂); identification is tentative from the image
Chalcedony (rough)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely gray chalcedony with iron-oxide staining
Granite pebble
Granite, a coarse-grained felsic plutonic rock composed chiefly of quartz, feldspar, and mica
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock
Likely quartz with iron oxides/hydroxides (goethite and/or limonite); exact rock type cannot be determined from the image
Chalcedony (Carnelian / Agate pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rounded pebble, likely quartzite
Quartzite (predominantly recrystallized quartz, SiO₂)
Tumbled carnelian
Carnelian, orange-red chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Granite
Granite, a coarse-grained felsic intrusive igneous rock composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica
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Common name, scientific name, physical properties, and category — the data a geologist would write in a field notebook.
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How it works
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Our model reads mineral, texture, and color signatures to identify what you’re looking at.
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