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
Weathered fine-grained rock, likely mudstone or siltstone
Indeterminate clastic sedimentary rock; likely lithified clay- and silt-sized grains
Iron-stained weathered rock
Unknown
Weathered stone pebble (exact rock type indeterminate)
Unidentified fine-grained rock; composition cannot be determined from the image
Fossil in Shale
Fossiliferous Shale
Shale
Argillite / Shale
Smooth river pebble (exact rock type indeterminate)
Unidentified rounded lithic clast; composition cannot be determined from the photograph
Fossil-bearing rock, possibly with a fossilized shell or coralline specimen
Indeterminate fossil in sedimentary matrix; precise identification is not possible from the image
Rounded brown pebble (rock type undetermined)
Unidentified, iron-stained lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the photograph
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Chert or quartzite pebble (indeterminate from image)
Small rounded pebble
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Small rounded pebble
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Crushed stone aggregate
Mixed lithic aggregate; individual fragments cannot be identified from the image
Waterworn pebble, possibly iron-rich basalt or river stone
Unidentified lithic clast; composition cannot be determined reliably from the image
River Cobble (likely Siltstone or Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Riverstone (Sandstone or Quartzite)
Sedimentary Rock (likely Arenite)
Weathered sandstone fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone (compositionally uncertain)
Sandstone Grain
Clastic Sedimentary Rock Grain (SiO2 dominated)
Shale with Quartz Veins
Fissile Sedimentary Rock (SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich rock (possibly ironstone)
Indeterminate ferruginous rock; likely iron-oxide-cemented sandstone or ironstone
Banded sedimentary rock (likely sandstone or siltstone)
Layered siliciclastic sedimentary rock; exact identification is not possible from the image alone
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter; rank and composition cannot be confirmed from the image
Brachiopod fossil
Likely a spiriferid brachiopod; exact genus and species cannot be determined from the image
Rounded river pebble, likely quartz-rich stone
Unidentified lithic clast; exact mineralogy cannot be determined from the image
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter; exact rank cannot be confirmed from the image
Sandstone (with Siltstone/Greywacke variations)
Sedimentary Rock (Clastic)
Shale with Iron Staining
Fissile Mudrock (Sedimentary Rock)
Small rounded stone, likely a pebble
Unidentified fine-grained lithic pebble; image alone does not support a reliable mineral or rock-species identification
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone with fossil bioclasts (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fish Fossil in Limestone
Lycoptera (likely) in Micritic Limestone
Quartz Geode in Sedimentary Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Carbonate Matrix
Small gray, fine-grained pebble (possibly a weathered sandstone or siltstone)
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Rounded brown pebble
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Small rounded pebble, likely quartz-rich river or beach stone
Unidentified lithic pebble; exact rock type cannot be determined from the image
Likely small iron-rich concretion or weathered mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly limonite/goethite-bearing material with quartz or feldspar
Sedimentary Rock with Crafts (Pet Rock)
Sedimentary rock decorated with synthetic materials