Gneiss (Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
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Gneiss (Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
Sandstone (Picture Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Biotite on Matrix
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Coquina or Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Polychrome Jasper (Desert Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and mineral inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone with Tafoni Weathering
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Weathered Pebble)
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Actinolite-Chlorite Schist)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, CaCo3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Peach Moonstone
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8); variety of Orthoclase Feldspar
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Yellow/Tan)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide staining)
Sandstone
Arenite (often composed of Quartz, SiO2)
Granite Pebble
Felsic Plutonic Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Red Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz and Feldspar with Iron Oxide cement)
Dacite
Dacite (Intermediate volcanic rock)
Sandstone (with Manganese staining)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Amethyst
Amethyst (Silica mineral, SiO2)
Sandstone with Ironstone Concretion
Arenite with Hematite/Goethite nodules (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH))
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcite/Aragonite)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Igneous Rock
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Copper-bearing Quartz (with Malachite and Iron Oxides)
Quartz (SiO2) with Malachite (Cu2CO3(OH)2) and Hematite/Limonite (Fe2O3)
Quartzite Pebbler
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite/Quartz Arenite
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Decomposed Granite
Grano-diorite/Granite-residuum (SiO2 primary)
Muscovite Mica (in Quartz matrix)
Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)