Red Sandstone
Sandstone (principally Quartz with Iron Oxide coating)
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Red Sandstone
Sandstone (principally Quartz with Iron Oxide coating)
Fish Fossil in Limestone
Lycoptera (likely) in Micritic Limestone
Quartz-veined Basalt
Amygdaloidal or Porphyritic Basalt with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) vein
Yellow Chert or Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
River Pebble (Quartz/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Chert with Brachiopod Impression
Chert (SiO2) containing Brachiopoda fossil remains
Gneiss (Pebble)
Gneiss
Chert (Yellow/Tan Variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Slate with Quartz Vein
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Mainly Quartz, Muscovite, Chlorite)
Shale
Fissile mudrock (composed of clay-sized particles and detrital grains)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone or Quartzite
Arenite (if sedimentary) / Quartzite (if metamorphic)
Sandstone (Glacial Cobble)
Arenite / Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Geode form
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3 oxides)
Vesicular Basalt with Epidote
Vesicular Basalt (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 with Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Quartzite with Hematite staining
Quartzite (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Meta-quartzite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite, rich in Potassium Feldspar)
Quartz Druzy (on Matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper / Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline Rock (Silicon Dioxide with Amphibole inclusions)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Hematite) coating
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silica / Silicon Dioxide), SiO2
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Shale
Fissile Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rock
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Agate (specifically a Yellow/Honey Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Unknown Rock Specimen
Granodiorite or Diorite
Granodiorite / Diorite
Quartz in Matrix (possibly Basalt or Siltstone host)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Host Rock
Quartz-veined Mudstone or Argillite
SiO2 (Quartz) in Siltstone/Mudstone matrix
Quartz (Druzy)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Basalt
Basalt (Aphanitic-fine grained mafic igneous rock)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Quartz (SiO2) in Mafic or Sedimentary Matrix
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron Silicate