Chert (and Jasper/Chalcedony mixture)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (and Jasper/Chalcedony mixture)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Mixed river gravel (alluvial conglomeratic sediment)
Polymictic alluvium; composition includes quartz, feldspar, chert, granite, basalt, and metamorphic rock fragments
Carnelian Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxide impurities
Yellow Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled blue sodalite beads
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂, likely with white albite or calcite veining
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (mixture of hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxides)
Rounded river pebbles (mixed lithologies)
Water-worn clasts; individual stones cannot be identified precisely from the image
Quartz-rich conglomeratic breccia
Polymictic clast-supported conglomerate/breccia, dominated by quartz and feldspar
Weathered iron-rich concretion or ironstone nodule
Goethite–hematite limonite concretion (FeO(OH), Fe₂O₃, and hydrous iron oxides)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Hydrous ferric oxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Bauxite
Hydrated aluminum oxides (mixture of gibbsite, boehmite, and diaspore)
Bumblebee Jasper
Anhydrite with Sulfur, Hematite, and Orpiment (SiO2/CaSO4 mixture)
Pyrite (locally known as Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Limonite / Ironstone
Hydrated Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fancy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Bumblebee Jasper
Fossiliferous Volcanic Rock (composed of Calcium Carbonate, Manganese Oxides, and Arsenic Sulfides)
Tumbled sodalite
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂
Mixed gravelly conglomeratic road aggregate
Polymictic clast-supported conglomerate or fill; composition varies, commonly quartz, feldspar, basalt, and weathered rock fragments
Chert (Siltstone-Chert mixture)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrous ferric oxide)
Limonite (after Pyrite Pseudomorph)
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide Mixture, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chalcedony (Agate and Carnelian varieties)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled sodalite
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Limonite and Goethite (Ironstone)
Hydrous Iron Oxide Mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Nodule (Mixture of Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone/Clay)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian concretion (Complex mixture of Siderite, Calcite, and Aragonite)
Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Tumbled Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz variety: Chalcedony)
Blue Agate Slice
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Agate
Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Quartz-veined Greywacke
Lithic Wacke with Siliceous Veins
Greywacke with Quartz Veins
Lithic Sandstone (Greywacke) with SiO2 inclusions
Yellow Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Ruby Zoisite
Anyolite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) + Al2O3:Cr)
Pyrulite (Pyrite / Chalcopyrite)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) or Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Small white quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Iron-rich weathered rock, possibly limonite-bearing sandstone or laterite
Goethite–hematite/limonite assemblage, likely in a ferruginous sandstone or weathered host rock