Mixed gravel and stone fragments
Unidentified lithic clasts; individual rock types cannot be determined from the image
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Mixed gravel and stone fragments
Unidentified lithic clasts; individual rock types cannot be determined from the image
Likely coarse-grained granite
Granite, composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and dark mica or amphibole
Dark shale or mudstone
Fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mainly of clay minerals and quartz; exact identification is uncertain from the image.
Weathered iron-rich rock (likely limonite-stained sandstone)
Quartz-rich sandstone with iron-oxide/hydroxide staining; exact identification is uncertain from the photo
Milky quartz pebble
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Conglomerate (pebble-bearing sedimentary rock)
Polymictic conglomerate; rounded clasts cemented in a finer matrix
Fossil oyster shell
Fossilized oyster (Bivalvia: Ostreidae), likely preserved as calcite-rich shell
Possible fossilized bone fragment
Indeterminate vertebrate bone; no taxonomic identification is possible from the image alone
Flint (chert)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), a variety of chert
Rounded dark pebble, likely basalt
Basalt (probable; identification is uncertain from the photo)
White quartz-rich rock, possibly vein quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), likely massive milky quartz; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Banded river pebble, likely dark chert or fine-grained quartzite
Chert (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or quartzite; exact identification requires testing
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