Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
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Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Scoria
Scoria (a vesicular basalt or andesite)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gozzan)
Iron-rich clastic sedimentary rock with Limonite/Goethite
Slate
Metamorphosed Shale (Fine-grained Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Flint Arrowhead
Cryptocrystalline quartz (Chert/Flint, SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Mixed rock and mineral gravel
Predominantly granite/granodiorite, basaltic rocks, quartz, and possible gneiss; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Nut-stone / Cup-stone artifact)
Quartz Arenite / Worked Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate (Red Sandstone variety)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomeratic Sandstone)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Sandstone (Quartz Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Small polished brown stone
Indeterminate; possibly tumbled jasper, brown agate, or another iron-stained silicate
Ferruginous Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Iron Oxide Cement
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Aggregate primarily of Lazurite: (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl,1-2) with Calcite and Pyrite)
Botryoidal chalcedony (gray agate/jasper-like silica)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely chalcedony with opaque quartz or jasper inclusions
Quartzite with Hematite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock with dominant Alkali Feldspar
Quartzite Beach Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Unidentified dark pebble
Undetermined; possibly polished basalt, chert, or iron-rich stone
Basalt with Mineral Vein (Cobble)
Basalt (with likely Quartz/Calcite vein)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Extrusive Igneous Rock, primarily SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint or Dark Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iron-rich brown stone, possibly weathered chert or ironstone
Undetermined; likely iron-oxide-bearing silica-rich rock (chert/ironstone)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone (enriched with Iron Oxide)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Weathered limestone or calcitic fossil/reef fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Brick
Fired clay or Ceramic material (no specific mineralogical scientific name as it's a composite)
Pumice
Pumice (Vesicular Felsic Igneous Rock)
Chert (Iron-stained Flint / Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Ironstone Concretion / Goethite-Hematite Nodule
Goethite/Hematite (α-FeO(OH) / Fe2O3)
Laterite
Laterite (Iron and aluminum-rich residual rock)
Basalt
Basalt; fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Quartz (Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granodiorite
Granodiorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)