Pebble (likely Sandstone or Granitic Pebble)
Clastic Sediment (or specific rock type, e.g., Arenite, Granitoid Pebble)
Category
Browse rock (likely sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Pebble (likely Sandstone or Granitic Pebble)
Clastic Sediment (or specific rock type, e.g., Arenite, Granitoid Pebble)
Quartz (Druzy on Matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Weathered Sandstone or Siltstone
Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite
Shale or Slaty Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Iron-stained weathered rock
Unknown
Fossil in Shale
Fossiliferous Shale
Shale
Argillite / Shale
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Chert or quartzite pebble (indeterminate from image)
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
River Cobble (likely Siltstone or Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Weathered sandstone fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone (compositionally uncertain)
Banded sedimentary rock (likely sandstone or siltstone)
Layered siliciclastic sedimentary rock; exact identification is not possible from the image alone
Weathered iron-rich rock (possibly ironstone)
Indeterminate ferruginous rock; likely iron-oxide-cemented sandstone or ironstone
Sandstone Grain
Clastic Sedimentary Rock Grain (SiO2 dominated)
Shale with Quartz Veins
Fissile Sedimentary Rock (SiO2)
Riverstone (Sandstone or Quartzite)
Sedimentary Rock (likely Arenite)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone with fossil bioclasts (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz Geode in Sedimentary Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Carbonate Matrix
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter; exact rank cannot be confirmed from the image
Shale with Iron Staining
Fissile Mudrock (Sedimentary Rock)
Likely small iron-rich concretion or weathered mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly limonite/goethite-bearing material with quartz or feldspar
Sandstone (with Siltstone/Greywacke variations)
Sedimentary Rock (Clastic)
Fish Fossil in Limestone
Lycoptera (likely) in Micritic Limestone
Conglomeratic Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Shale
Fissile Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock with Crafts (Pet Rock)
Sedimentary rock decorated with synthetic materials
Sandstone (Quartzite-rich)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 primary)
Shale (sub-type: Carbonaceous Shale)
Lutaceous Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone (likely Arkosic)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Painted Garden Rock
Coated Siltstone or Mudstone
Unidentified small rocks or gravel
Small red-brown mineral or rock fragment
Unidentified; possibly iron-oxide-rich jasper, garnet, or weathered sulfide
Stream-Rounded Shale or Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Painted River Rock
Painted Quartzite or Smooth Siltstone
Shale
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily clay and silt minerals)
Sandstone (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Sedimentary Rock (Clastic)
Green-gray stone pebble (not reliably identifiable from the image)
Undetermined; possibly a fine-grained sedimentary rock such as mudstone or siltstone
Weathered brown rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly iron-stained sandstone, mudstone, or weathered limestone
Polished river pebble
Indeterminate; likely fine-grained quartz-rich sedimentary rock or weathered volcanic rock
Jasper with Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)