Tumbled jasper or brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and dark mineral inclusions
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Tumbled jasper or brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and dark mineral inclusions
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone with Iron Oxide
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkose)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with various lithic fragments)
Laterite
Laterite (Ferricrete)
Red Sandstone
Arenite
Yellow Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock, primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Schist Inclusion
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite Schist
Quartz-bearing rock or quartz-rich mineral specimen
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂); exact host rock is uncertain from the image
Amber (Copal)
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Crazy Lace Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with microcrystalline quartz
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Epidote
Vesicular Basalt with secondary Epidote/Quartz mineral infill
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper
Dalmatian Stone (comprised of Feldspar, Quartz, and Arfvedsonite)
Likely weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly smoky quartz or chert
Quartz (SiO₂), though exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Sandstone (Red Arkose)
Sandstone (Arkose variant, primarily SiO2 with KAlSi3O8)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide / Hematite cementation)
African Turquoise
African Turquoise (a trade name for Jasper, a variety of Chalcedony: SiO2)
Chalcedony Nodule (Agate/Chert)
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Red Sandstone (Iron-Rich)
Arenite (Fe2O3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Unidentifiable Specimen
Undetermined
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Granite
Intrusive igneous felsic rock
Mica Schist with Pyrite
Mica Schist (FeS2 containing)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with various cementing agents)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry with Arfvedsonite
Sandstone (Flagstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Hydroxide impurities
Milky Quartz Pebbles
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian (Red Chalcedony)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Orthoceras Fossil in Limestone
Orthoceras (extinct genus of cephalopods), mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) in Fossiliferous Limestone
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkose variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with assorted lithic fragments)
Siltstone with Fossil Cast
Sedimentary Rock (Siltstone / Fine-grained Sandstone)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)