Garnet-Mica Schist
Garnetiferous Porphyroblastic Schist
Category
Browse metamorphic or sedimentary depending on local grade specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Garnet-Mica Schist
Garnetiferous Porphyroblastic Schist
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Polygenetic Conglomerate (Puddingstone)
Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with mixed clasts)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Skeletal Element (Likely Vertebrate)
Chert (Quartz Variety)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Limestone (Concretionary or Tufa)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Gneiss
High-grade metamorphic rock (Gneiss)
Banded Gneiss (River Cobble)
Gneiss (a high-grade metamorphic rock)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (Hydrox yapatite replaced by Silica or Calcite)
Calcite with iron staining
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Greywacke (River Pebble)
Greywacke sandstone with quartz veining
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock (Coquina/Limestone)
Fossiliferous Calcarenite / Bioclastic Limestone
Kyanite (in Schist Matrix)
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Agate/Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silica/Quartz) - SiO2
Green Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Charoite
Charoite (Hydrated potassium sodium calcium barium strontium silicate hydroxyfluoride)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Seraphinite (Clinochlore)
Clinochlore (Mg,Fe2+)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Sandstone (Weathered Cobble)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Gneiss
High-grade foliated metamorphic rock
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron hydroxides
Milky Quartz with Mica inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite
Greywacke (Briarcliff Schist/Gneiss)
Manhattan Schist / Fordham Gneiss complex
Banded Calcite (often sold as Onyx)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement
Grey River Pebble (Likely Quartz-rich or Limestone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (typically SiO2 or CaCO3 based)
Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Schist
Schist (various mineral compositions)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Greenstone / Glauconitic Siltstone
Metabasalt or Glauconite-rich Sedimentary Rock
White Howlite
Howlite (Calcium borosilicate hydroxide, Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Chert (specifically Yellow Jasper)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic Sandstone (SiO2 - Quartz-dominant)
Quartz (Smoky/Milky variety with matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Granitic Pegmatite with Tourmaline and Sphalerite
Pegmatite containing Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4) and Sphalerite ((Zn,Fe)S)
Pebble (likely Quartz or Chert)
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide) - referring to the likely main mineral composition, Quartz. If it's chert, the scientific name remains SiO₂ with a microcrystalline structure.
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)