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Mineral Or Sedimentary (If Chert)

Browse mineral or sedimentary (if chert) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Chert

Coal

Claystone

Shale

Marl

Black Shale

Quartzite Sandstone

Quartzite Sandstone

Banded Iron Formation

Banded Iron Formation

Sperrylite

Ironstone

Breccia

Brookite

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Quartz-rich stone fragment (probable quartzite or chert) (Quartzite, composed predominantly of SiO₂; exact identification is uncertain from the image) — metamorphic

Quartz-rich stone fragment (probable quartzite or chert)

Quartzite, composed predominantly of SiO₂; exact identification is uncertain from the image

Banded Iron Formation (BIF) (Banded Iron Formation) — Sedimentary

Banded Iron Formation (BIF)

Banded Iron Formation

Quartz (Chert/Chalcedony variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz (Chert/Chalcedony variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Golden/Yellow Variety) (Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Golden/Yellow Variety)

Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper variation) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper variation)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz

Chert (Jasper variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (containing Flint and Chalcedony) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (containing Flint and Chalcedony)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert Arrowhead (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Arrowhead

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Banded Iron Formation (BIF) (Banded Iron Formation) — sedimentary

Banded Iron Formation (BIF)

Banded Iron Formation

Chalcedony (Agate/Chert) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — mineral

Chalcedony (Agate/Chert)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert Nodules (Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Nodules

Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Chalcedony (Agate/Chert variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Chalcedony (Agate/Chert variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Yellow Jasper variant) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Tumbled brown stone, likely jasper or iron-stained quartz (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony/jasper with iron-oxide inclusions) — mineral

Tumbled brown stone, likely jasper or iron-stained quartz

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony/jasper with iron-oxide inclusions

White Buffalo Turquoise (or Howlite/Magnesite) (Calcite/Dolomite or Magnesite with Chert/Quartz inclusions) — gemstone

White Buffalo Turquoise (or Howlite/Magnesite)

Calcite/Dolomite or Magnesite with Chert/Quartz inclusions

Oolitic Chert (Oolitic Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Oolitic Chert

Oolitic Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (specifically brown Chert or Jasper) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically brown Chert or Jasper)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper / Iron-stained Chert) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with Fe-oxides)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper / Iron-stained Chert)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with Fe-oxides)

Chert (Iron-stained) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Iron-stained)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Chert (Jasper) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Jasper (Multi-color Chert) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities) — sedimentary

Jasper (Multi-color Chert)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities

Chert (Yellow variety) (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Yellow variety)

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Ferruginous Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxides) — sedimentary

Ferruginous Chert

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxides

Quartz (Chert/Quartzite variant) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz (Chert/Quartzite variant)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Smoky Variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Smoky Variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Brown variety / Common Jasper) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Brown variety / Common Jasper)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (variations include Chalcedony and Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (variations include Chalcedony and Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert Pebble (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Pebble

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert / Jasper (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Jasper

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert / Flint (Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Flint

Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Banded Chert / Jasper (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Banded Chert / Jasper

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (variously known as Flint) (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (variously known as Flint)

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)