Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone, Iron-rich
Category
Browse mineral on sedimentary rock specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone, Iron-rich
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide based crypto-crystalline Quartz with Iron inclusions)
Chert (Nodular Chert)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
River/Stream Pebble
Clast / Detrital Grain / Rounded Sedimentary Particle (Compositionally variable, commonly Quartz, Feldspar, Chert, or other resistant rock fragments)
Grey River Stone (Quartz-rich Quartzite/Siltstone)
Quartzite / Meta-siltstone (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Agatized)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper (possibly Red Coral or dyed Howlite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Chert Pebble/Nodule
Chert (a microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline sedimentary form of quartz, SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Bivalve Fossil (Clam)
Class Bivalvia (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (Gravel Bit)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary rock containing rounded clasts)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Magnetite / Iron Ore
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Coral Fossil (Petrified Coral)
Scleractinia (Order) - Calcified Fossil Skeleton (CaCO3)
Banded Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz: SiO2)
Red Shale
Lutite (primarily composed of Hydrous Aluminum Silicates with Hematite staining)
Rough Garnet in Matrix
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2Si3O12)
Chert (specifically Pink/Tan Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper (Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron impurities
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Sandstone with Hematite/Goethite cement (SiO2 + FeO(OH))
Banded River Rock / Gneiss (highly weathered)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Herkimer Diamond in Matrix
Quartz (SiO2) in Dolostone (CaMg(CO3)2)
Agate Slices and Clear Quartz Points
Agate (SiO2 Chalcedony) and Clear Quartz (SiO2 Crystalline)
Bumblebee Jasper
Fossiliferous Calcite containing Orpiment and Realgar
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (Silicon Dioxide: SiO2)
Greenschist
Greenschist facies rock (containing chlorite, actinolite, albite, and epidote)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite with Hematite cementation
Quartz (Clear / Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)