Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Clastic Rock)
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Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Clastic Rock)
Heat-Treated Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Quartz / Limestone Gravel
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) and CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
Dalmatian Jasper
Dalmatian Stone (a microcrystalline quartz and feldspar rock with arfvedsonite)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt containing Zeolite or Quartz (SiO2/Silicates)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Small rounded pebble, likely quartz-rich river stone
Indeterminate; likely quartz/chert-bearing lithic clast
Uncertain polymict breccia or altered volcanic rock
Likely hydrothermally altered volcanic breccia; exact mineral identification requires testing
Quartz-rich feldspathic pebble, possibly granite or granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar aggregate, likely granite; dark inclusion may be biotite, hornblende, or iron-oxide staining
Vesicular quartz-rich rock, possibly weathered rhyolite or hydrothermal quartz
Likely quartz (SiO₂) with altered feldspar, iron oxides, and cavities; exact identification requires testing
Likely weathered gray-green stone, possibly serpentinite
Serpentinite (predominantly serpentine-group minerals; identification uncertain from image)
Quartz-bearing granite or granitic pegmatite
Felsic intrusive rock, chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and minor mica
Iron-rich quartzite or ironstone
Ferruginous quartzite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides such as hematite and goethite
Quartz-bearing iron-stained breccia
Brecciated quartz/quartzite with iron oxides, chiefly SiO₂ with hematite/goethite and possible feldspar or host-rock fragments
Pale rounded quartz-rich pebble, likely quartzite
Quartzite (mostly microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly quartz-rich sandstone or vein quartz
Iron-rich sandstone or laterite
Ferruginous sandstone; mainly quartz (SiO₂) cemented or stained by iron oxides such as hematite (Fe₂O₃) and goethite (FeO(OH))
Weathered limestone or calcareous sandstone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock, chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orbicular jasper / brecciated jasper
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), commonly with iron oxides and altered volcanic fragments
Dzi Bead (Agate Bead)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) - Chalcedony/Agate
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jade
Jadeite or Nephrite
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Travertine
Calcareous Tufa / Travertine (CaCO3)
Beach Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Fossil Coral
Rugose Coral / Hexagonaria (CaCO3)
Tumbled pegmatitic granite
Coarse-grained granite/pegmatite, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and biotite or amphibole
Chert (varietal: Jasper or Ironstone nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxides
Weathered limestone fragment
Calcitic limestone (mostly CaCO₃; possibly micritic limestone)
Chert (Fossiliferous)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Serpentinized ultramafic rock with magnesite
Serpentinite, chiefly serpentine-group minerals (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄), with likely magnesite (MgCO₃) and minor chromite/magnetite
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Flint
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz / Chert)
Chert / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)