Sedimentary Rock Fragments
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
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Browse organic materia (not a rock or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sedimentary Rock Fragments
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (high-grade metamorphic silicate rock)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Glacial Cobble with Granite Inclusion
Porphyritic Basalt or Andesite containing Granitic Xenolith
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Shale (or Mudstone/Siltstone)
Sedimentary Mudrock (SiO2, Al2O3 base with clay minerals)
Lapis Lazuli
(Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl)2 (Complex silicate rock)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Veined Limestone (Micrite) with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Silicate or Carbonate inclusions
Jasper and Quartz Breccia
Silicified Breccia (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper if reddish)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Vesicular Basalt (or Scoria)
Vesicular Basalt
Banded Sandstone
Arenite (with iron oxide banding)
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead Fragment)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Granite
Granite
Schist
Schist (Metamorphic Rock)
Red jasper in gray host rock (likely hematite-stained quartzite or rhyolite)
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide coloration; exact host uncertain from image
Unknown Tumbled Stone
Unknown (Too Blurry)
Basalt (Greenstone/Water-worn Pebble)
Basalt (containing Chlorite/Epidote)
Quartz-veined Mudstone or Argillite
SiO2 (Quartz) in Siltstone/Mudstone matrix
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Painted Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock) with acrylic/artistic coating
Basalt (Amygdaloidal)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Quartz Vein in Sedimentary Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
Greenschist (or Serpentinite) with Quartz-Feldspar Vein
Metabasalt / Greenschist Facies Rock
Chert (with Quartz veins)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Porphyritic Igneous Rock / Rhyolite Porphyry
Porphyritic volcanic rock
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Granite Cobble
Granite
Veined Grey Metamorphic Pebble
Quartzo-feldspathic vein in Metabasalt / Serpentinite / Slate
Quartz-veined Metamorphic Rock
Quartz-veined Schist or Gneiss
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sand Tiger Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharias taurus (fossilized tooth)