Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
Browse mineral on sedimentary specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood / Fossilized Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Geode half
Geode (often quartz/chalcedony based)
Polished Hematite Tower
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite
FeO(OH)·nH2O
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Bivalve Seashell Fossil
Class Bivalvia
Shale
Sedimentary pelitic rock
Shale (with Iron Staining)
Argillaceous mudstone / Shale
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe-oxide cemented)
Rounded river pebble
Indeterminate lithic clast; likely weathered sandstone or quartz-rich sedimentary rock
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Shale
Mudrock / Fissile Shale
Chalcopyrite
Copper iron sulfide (CuFeS2)
Sandstone and River Pebbles
Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone / Quartzite / Chert)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily composed of SiO2)
Sandstone (Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock: Arenite
Sandstone (Pebble)
Sandstone (principally SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Rhodochrosite
Manganese carbonate (MnCO3)
Blue Howlite (Dyed)
Dyed Howlite (Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide, Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Blue Howlite (Dyed)
Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O
Gneiss with Quartz Veining
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Limonite/Ironstone
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Agate
SiO2
Banded gneiss (likely amphibolite-bearing gneiss)
Gneiss; quartz–feldspar–mica/amphibole aggregate
Limonite (Ironstone)
FeO(OH)·nH2O
Limonite / Ironstone
Hydrated Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Pyrite with Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-veined Sandstone
Sedimentary rock with quartz vein (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Shale (with Iron Oxide staining)
Fissile Mudstone (primarily Quartz and Clay minerals)
Quartz (Druzy)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Geode (Unopened)
Quartz/Chalcedony concretion
Quartz (Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite (Fools Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)