Gravel and Sediment Sample
Mixed clastic sediment
Category
Browse mineral pseudomorph specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Gravel and Sediment Sample
Mixed clastic sediment
Orthoclase Feldspar
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Orthoclase Feldspar
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Orthoclase Feldspar
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Potassium Feldspar (Orthoclase)
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Chalcopyrite
Copper iron sulfide (CuFeS2)
Banded Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock with mineral veins/banding
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria pebble
Extrusive igneous rock with amygdaloidal infilling
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Felsic to Mafic Metamorphic Rock)
Synthetic Resin (Artificial Specimen)
Polyurethane or Polyester Resin
Orthoclase Feldspar
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Orthoclase Feldspar with Quartz
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Quartz with Sericite and Cinnabar
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with muscovite/sericite and mercury sulfide (HgS)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (Class)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Rainbow Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Apatite
Fluorapatite, Chlorapatite, and Hydroxylapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Apatite
Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Quartz Mineral
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orthoclase Feldspar
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Potassium Feldspar
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Pink Feldspar (Orthoclase)
Orthoclase Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Quartz with Mineral Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Geode half
Geode (often quartz/chalcedony based)
Black Sand (Magnetite/Heavy Mineral Concentrate)
Magnetite-rich Placers (Fe3O4)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth (various genera such as Carcharodon, Otodus, or Negaprion)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss with Quartz Veining
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Carved Sea Turtle Figurine (Aventurine / Quartz / Jasper)
Quartz variety (SiO2) / Polycrystalline Quartz Aggregate
Blue Apatite
Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite (Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O)
Yooperlite (Sodalite-bearing Syenite)
Sodalite-rich Syenite
Granite
Intrusive igneous rock
Gneiss
Gneiss
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Sandstone
SiO2 (predominantly quartz sand)
Rhodochrosite
Manganese carbonate (MnCO3)
Chrysocolla and Malachite Beads
Hydrated copper silicates (Chrysocolla) and Copper carbonate hydroxide (Malachite)