Pale rounded pebble (likely quartzite)

Cream-white, matte to slightly granular, with a rounded, water-worn shape; quartz hardness is 7 Mohs, but the image does not reveal diagnostic texture or cleavage clearly.

If quartzite, it formed when quartz-rich sandstone was recrystallized by heat and pressure; its age and exact formation environment cannot be determined from the image.

Small pebbles are commonly used for landscaping, craft projects, and collections; this specimen appears to have little commercial value.

Quartzite is very durable and typically breaks across its interlocking grains rather than around them.

The pale color and rounded outline are consistent with a weathered quartz-rich pebble, but limestone and other light-colored rocks can look similar; hardness or acid tests would help distinguish them. Quartzite occurs worldwide in mountain belts and river or beach gravels.