Diamond
Carbon (C)
Category
Browse marble specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Class Bivalvia (Likely a member of the Ostreidae or Gryphaeidae family), CaCO3
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (River Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized minerals or rock grains)
Chert (variously known as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Favosites)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Fossil Shell Fragment (possibly Brachiopod or Bivalve)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Phylum Brachiopoda or Mollusca
Basalt Pebble
Basalt
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe-rich)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone (arenite) with Limonite/Goethite cement
Chert (often called Flint for dark variants)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber (Dark/Black Variety)
Succinite (Resinite), C10H16O
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Siltstone
Siltstone (primarily quartz and feldspar sized 0.0039 to 0.0625 mm)
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia simulant)
Carbon (C) - Diamond / Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) - CZ
Green Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Black Chert or Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Smooth River Pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Hag Stone (Banded Chert or Limestone with Borehole)
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chert) or Calciferous Siltstone (CaCO3/SiO2)
Brachiopod Fossil
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Rhynchonellida or Spiriferida)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossilized Snail Cast)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda (Commonly CaCO3 or SiO2 after replacement)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (variously known as Flint or River Pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Serpentine
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Diamond (in Jewelry)
Carbon (C)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine minerals: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Chert (often called Flint or Agate nodule)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Chert with Quartz Veining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)