Vesicular basalt (likely amygdaloidal basalt)
Basalt, a mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, clinopyroxene, and commonly olivine; vesicles are partly mineral-filled amygdules.
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Browse mineral on sedimentary specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Vesicular basalt (likely amygdaloidal basalt)
Basalt, a mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, clinopyroxene, and commonly olivine; vesicles are partly mineral-filled amygdules.
Sea Shell Fragment (Calcium Carbonate)
Aragonite / Calcite (CaCO3)
Quartz-veined Sandstone Pebble
Quartzite-veined Arenite
Amethyst Geode
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with iron impurities
Tumbled Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Breccia
Sedimentary Breccia
Gossanous Sandstone (likely Terrestrial)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide inclusions
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Ferruginous Sandstone or Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Howlite
Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with assorted minerals)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone (Weathered / Crushed)
Quartz Sandstone
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Mixed Tumbled Rocks and Minerals Collection
Mixed Minerals and Rocks (Quartz, Feldspar, Jasper, Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite, Rose Quartz, Fluorite, etc.)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Arenite
Worn River Pebble with Fossil Indentation
Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Infill
Banded Sandstone (River Pebble)
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone Cobble
Arenite (Sandstone)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone
Tumbled brecciated jasper
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Shale with Trace Fossils
Fissile mudrock (Shale)
Blue Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Limonite / Ironstone Nodule
Hydrated Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
River Rock (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Banded Iron Formation (Fragment)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Alabaster
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide cement)
Sandstone (Quartzite texture)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (with banding)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Bivalve Fossil (Shell-bearing Sedimentary Rock)
Class Bivalvia (Phylum Mollusca) within a Calcarenite/Sandstone matrix
Limonite or Ironstone Nodule
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide)
Sandstone (Micaceous)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Citrine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Pyrite in Matrix (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Sandstone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)
Sandstone with Iron Staining
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)