Piddock bored rock (likely Mudstone or Shale)
Ichnofossil (Gastrochaenolites borings) in Fine-grained Sedimentary Rock
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Browse mineral (or mineraloid if microcrystalline) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Piddock bored rock (likely Mudstone or Shale)
Ichnofossil (Gastrochaenolites borings) in Fine-grained Sedimentary Rock
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Red Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Kambaba Jasper (Crocodile Jasper)
Stromatolitic Rhyolite/Jasper (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Opalite
Synthetically produced glass (Silicon Dioxide with metallic inclusions)
Polished orbicular jasper (likely leopard-skin or brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions; exact variety cannot be confirmed from the photo
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Pebble (Jasper/Flint variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Flint / Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony with feldspar and accessory minerals; composition varies
Fancy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Limonite Nodule
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron oxide-hydroxide)
Beach Pebble (Chert / Greywacke)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Quartz-rich Sandstone
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with Iron Oxide impurities)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Chert (Agate / Jasper pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Chert/Chalcedony variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (with Quartz veins)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite Nodules / Goethite
Hydrated Iron Oxide-Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O / Fe2O3·nH2O)
Chert nodules
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polychrome Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled quartz-like pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chalcedony
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Basalt-Amugydule (Amygdaloidal Basalt)
Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock with Vesicle Infillings
Manganese Oxide Crust on Limestone
Manganese Oxides (e.g., Pyrolusite MnO2 or Romanechite) on CaCO3
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz on Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Green Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Pebble with Quartz Vein
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Vein-filled Sedimentary Rock
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz/calcite vein
Limonite Concretion / Ironstone
Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O
Polished brecciated jasper
Jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), brecciated variety