Sandstone
Arenite
Category
Browse mineral, possibly rock fragment containing a mineral specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone
Arenite
Likely quartz crystal fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly a small tumbled or cleaved fragment
Likely weathered gray stone or chert fragment
Uncertain; possibly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)-rich chert
Iron-stained limestone or coral fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; chiefly CaCO₃ (exact identification is uncertain from the image)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone
Sandstone (composed predominantly of Quartz, SiO2)
Limestone with Calcite Veins
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Black Beauty Meteorite
NWA 7034 (Northwest Africa 7034)
Quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz vein material
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained massive quartz with minor feldspar or mica
Sandstone (with potential fossil inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Granite or Granodiorite (weathered fieldstone)
Granitoid
Quartz Geode / Druzy Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Granite, possibly granodiorite
Coarse-grained felsic plutonic rock; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), potassium feldspar and plagioclase feldspar, with biotite and/or hornblende
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or a pale quartzite fragment
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral inclusions)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Basalt with Granite Inclusions (Xenolith)
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt) with Felsic Igneous Inclusion (Granite)
Weathered Sandstone with Algae Growth
Arenite
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement
Breccia Pebble
Sedimentary Breccia
Sandstone (Painted)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone, likely coral or shell fragment
Calcitic limestone (primarily CaCO₃), containing preserved marine bioclasts
Mixed tumbled stone collection
Assorted minerals, likely including quartz, jasper, agate, and possibly obsidian or hematite
Sandstone with Iron Staining
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3/FeO(OH))
Polished white chalcedony or milky quartz pebble
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining or a minor mineral inclusion
Shale fragment
Shale (Laminated Mudstone)
Blue-green copper mineral specimen, likely chrysocolla-bearing rock
Chrysocolla, hydrated copper phyllosilicate: approximately (Cu,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O; possibly mixed with malachite or chrysocolla matrix
Sedimentary Pebble
Sedimentary Rock Fragment
Sandstone (with Limonite staining)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone (Calcareous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with CaCO3 cement)
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt with Vesicular Amygdule
Extrusive igneous rock (Mafic)
Sandstone (likely Greywacke variant)
Arenite
Quartz (Float/Abraded)
Quartz (SiO₂)