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Arenite/Quartz Arenite
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Sandstone
Arenite/Quartz Arenite
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Oolitic Limestone (Egg Stone)
Oolite (Chemical sedimentary rock, primarily CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz with Limonite/Goethite staining)
Agate (Moss or Plume Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unakite
Unakite (Metasomatized Granite)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (often called Jasper or River Rock)
Chert (SiO2)
Banded Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Vesicular Basalt (Scoria)
Mafic extrusive volcanic rock (predominantly Plagioclase feldspar and Pyroxene)
Quartz Pebble (with Mica or Iron staining)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper with Quartz inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Chalcedony
Sandstone with Manganese Dendrites/Oxide coatings
Arenite with Pyrolusite and Romanechite (MnO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with Iron Oxide impurities)
Jasper / Chert (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Jasper with Hematite inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3)
Tufa (Limestone)
Calcareous Tufa (CaCO3)
Quartzite with Iron Inclusions
Metamorphic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impure Limonite/Hematite
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Smoky Quartz and Biotite Schist
Quartz-Biotite Schist (SiO2 + K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Red Jasper with Quartz Veining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz with Iron Oxide impurities (Hematite)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Meta-quartzite
Jasper (likely Lake Superior Jasper)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Jasper (Iron-rich Microcrystalline Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt Porphyry (River Pebble)
Porphyritic Basalt
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Bicolor Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Commonly known as Flint or River Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz River Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Iron-stained Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Ruby in Fuchsite (often confused with Ruby in Zoisite)
Corundum (Al2O3) in Chromium-rich Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Basalt
Basalt (dominated by Plagioclase Feldspar and Pyroxene)
Greenstone (Epidote/Chlorite Rich Rock)
Metabasalt (often contains Epidote Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (major components: SiO2 and Al2O3)