Sandstone (Red Sandstone)
Arenite
Category
Browse mineral, possibly rock fragment containing a mineral specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone (Red Sandstone)
Arenite
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (lithic/greywacke variety)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with various lithic fragments)
Quartz (Small Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Fossiliferous Shale (with Vertebrate Bones)
Laminated Mudstone containing Fossilized Bone (Apatite)
Weathered quartz-rich rock fragment
Likely quartz-bearing sandstone or granitic rock; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Serpentine (dark specimen) with probable aquamarine/beryl fragment
Serpentine-group minerals, commonly antigorite or lizardite; pale fragment possibly beryl, Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with vugs or solution cavities)
Arenite (primarily Quartz and Feldspar with CaCO3 or SiO2 cement)
Granite Pebble
Intrusive Igneous Rock
River Pebble
Siliceous rock fragment
Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz with dark inclusions
Milky quartz (SiO₂), likely brecciated and cemented with iron oxides and dark mica/amphibole minerals
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Likely chlorite-bearing schist (possibly greenschist)
Chlorite–quartz–mica schist; commonly contains muscovite/biotite and feldspar
Granite Pegmatite
Pegmatite (Fulgite / Felsic Intrusive Rock)
Druzy Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered gray stone, possibly limestone or concrete-like carbonate rock
Tentatively micritic limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃); exact identification is uncertain from the image
Unknown Tumbled Stone
Unknown (Too Blurry)
Banded Sandstone
Arenite (Sandstone with iron oxide banding)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz with Hematite cement)
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Granite
Plutonic Igneous Rock
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 + various cementing minerals)
Sandstone with Magnetite and Iron Staining
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (contains Fe3O4 and Limonite/Hematite)
Basaltic Tuff / Volcanic Breccia
Pyroclastic Breccia / Lithic Tuff
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe-rich)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone (rich in iron oxides/hydroxides)
Polished red jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Likely granite or granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica aggregate; possibly foliated granitic gneiss
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Weathered basalt (possibly iron-stained volcanic rock)
Basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine and iron oxides
Pegmatite (Quartz, Feldspar, and Tourmaline/Biotite)
Pegmatitic Igneous Rock
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock (composed mainly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase)
Red Tuff / Sandstone
Rhyolitic Tuff / Pyroclastic Volcanic Rock
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Possible tektite or dark volcanic rock fragment
Uncertain; likely natural silicate glass (tektite) or basalt
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); possibly quartzite composed predominantly of recrystallized quartz
Fossil coral fragment
Likely calcitic colonial coral, possibly fossilized scleractinian coral