Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
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Browse metamorphic or sedimentary (with staining) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite (River Stone)
Quartzite (mainly SiO2 with iron oxide staining)
Quartz-rich breccia or silicified rock
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining and darker host-rock fragments
Yellow Quartzite (or Quartz River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled yellow-brown quartzite or jasper
Quartzite, predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained jasper
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite Pebbles with Quartz Veining
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with country rock matrix)
River Pebble (Grey Quartzite / Sandstone Gravel)
Quartz-rich Sedimentary / Metamorphic River Pebble
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Common Quartz Pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) rock fragment
Yellow-brown quartz-rich pebble (possibly iron-stained chert or quartzite)
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide staining; exact identification requires hardness and acid tests
Weathered metallic sulfide ore, likely pyrite-bearing rock
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly in a quartz–iron-oxide host
Milky Quartz (Druzy Geode fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely mica schist or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂) with mica, feldspar, and possibly iron-oxide staining
Weathered quartz-rich rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite (mostly crystalline SiO₂), tentative identification
Weathered mica-rich metamorphic rock
Probable biotite schist or mica schist
White quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); possibly quartzite, a metamorphosed quartz sandstone
Kaolinite (Kaolin)
Kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, likely sandstone or quartzite
Quartz arenite (sandstone) or quartzite; predominantly SiO₂
Weathered quartz-rich pebble, possibly granite or granodiorite
Felsic intrusive rock; chiefly quartz, feldspar, and minor mica/amphibole
Tumbled banded quartzite or jasper
Silica-rich quartzite; likely iron-oxide-stained quartz (SiO₂)
Small rounded pebble, likely quartz-rich river stone
Indeterminate; likely quartz/chert-bearing lithic clast
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Weathered river pebble (likely iron-stained quartzite)
Quartz-rich quartzite; exact identification is uncertain from the photo
Yellow Quartzite River Cobble
Meta-quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide staining)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite (mostly SiO₂), possibly quartz-rich sandstone or milky quartz vein material
Yellow Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly chert or quartzite
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), but exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rounded quartz-rich pebble, likely quartzite
Quartzite (mostly crystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Tumbled/Water-worn pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-rich weathered rock, possibly quartzite
Quartzite (mostly SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the image
Quartz pebble
SiO2, Quartz
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Weathered sandstone fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone, possibly ferruginous sandstone
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)