Weathered flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
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Browse mineral or sedimentary (if chert) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Weathered flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
Rough amber-like brown mineral specimen
Uncertain from photograph; possibly iron-stained quartz, common opal, or resinous amber
Mookaite Jasper
Radiolarite (Silicified radiolarian chert)
Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite and Epidote/Chlorite inclusions
Chert (Cream Variety)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Banded Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint/Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint Pebbles)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rounded gray-green chert (likely silicified limestone)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), possibly jasper or siliceous limestone
Chert (Jasper/Flint variant)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite-stained Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Goethite/Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert with Iron Oxide Staining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Limonite/Goethite staining
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely jasper/chalcedony
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or ferruginous chert
Likely quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂) cemented or stained by iron oxides such as goethite/hematite
Likely weathered iron-rich concretion or jasper
Goethite/hematite-bearing chert or ferruginous concretion (identification uncertain from photograph)
Chert / River Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (flint) with a pale quartz vein
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; the white vein is likely quartz or chalcedony
Red jasper (likely tumbled or naturally worn)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) / Chert
Banded Iron Formation (SiO2 with Fe2O3 / Fe3O4)
Polished jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide and clay inclusions
Chert / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert or chalcedony fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely translucent chert/chalcedony
Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled dark stone, possibly basalt or iron-rich chert
Indeterminate; likely fine-grained basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene) or ferruginous chert
Chert (with Iron Staining)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tan chert or fine-grained sandstone fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony-rich chert
Chert or silicified sedimentary fragment (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly silicified limestone or fossil-bearing chert
Chert or chalcedony fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely ferruginous chalcedony/jasper
Polished flint/chert pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called chert or flint
Chert (possibly a worked stone flake)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert with Calcite Veining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) veins
Quartz (Chert/Chalcedony variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often referred to as Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chalcedony Nodule (Commonly known as Agate or Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Likely white quartz or quartz-rich pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly a small polished/tumbled specimen
Chert (specifically Gray/Blue-Gray Chert)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert Pebble with Inclusion
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Flint/chert fragment (likely weathered chert nodule)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly chalcedony with possible calcite or iron-oxide staining