Druzy quartz geode
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly lining a volcanic geode cavity
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Druzy quartz geode
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly lining a volcanic geode cavity
Granite River Pebble
Granite (composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Pink Granite Pebble
Granite (Phaneritic igneous rock)
Granite Pebble
Granite (phaneritic igneous rock)
Pink Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive rock)
Vesicular Basalt (River Pebble)
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Weathered vesicular basalt (probable)
Basalt; primarily plagioclase, clinopyroxene, and iron-rich olivine, with secondary weathering minerals
Granite
Granite (composed of Quartz, Felspar, and Mica)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Basalt with Epidote Veins
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt)
River Cobble (Basalt or Greywacke)
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock (likely Basalt)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Inclusion
Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt) with SiO2 or CaCO3 vein
Light-colored granite or granitic gneiss
Granite; primarily quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and minor mica, possibly with gneissic fabric
Porphyritic Andesite or Dacite (tumbled pebble)
Porphyritic Igneous Rock (likely Andesite or Dacite)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2-rich metamorphic rock)
Granite (Background) and Quartzite/River Pebble (Foreground Heart)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite background)
Likely pink feldspar-rich granite or pegmatite
Granite/pegmatite; primarily quartz (SiO₂), alkali feldspar (KAlSi₃O₈), and plagioclase feldspar
Chert (River Pebble)
Chert (Silica, SiO2)
Weathered basaltic cobble
Basalt, likely amygdaloidal or vesicular basalt
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Gneissic granite / granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss; composition commonly quartz (SiO₂), feldspars, and biotite/muscovite
Limestone Pebble
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone
Quartz Sandstone (predominantly)
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock)
Shale
Shale (Lutite)
Shale
Fissile mudrock (composed primarily of clay minerals and quartz)
Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide staining and attached host rock
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with mica and feldspar
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock (likely quartzite)
Quartzite, dominantly crystalline SiO₂, with probable iron-oxide staining and minor feldspar/mica
Polished copper-bearing rock, likely cuprite-rich copper ore
Cuprite (Cu₂O) with native copper and iron-oxide matrix, probable
Likely quartz-rich metamorphic rock (quartzite or milky quartz)
Quartzite; predominantly quartz (SiO₂), possibly with feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Blue sodalite-bearing rock, likely sodalite in nepheline syenite
Sodalite (Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂), possibly in nepheline syenite
Dark weathered igneous rock, likely basalt
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and commonly olivine or iron oxides
Weathered quartz-rich rock, likely quartzite or quartz vein
Quartzite; predominantly quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-oxide stained
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); possibly quartzite composed predominantly of recrystallized quartz
Granite (likely weathered granitic rock)
Granitic rock, chiefly quartz + feldspar + mica (variable composition)
Pyrite-bearing metamorphic rock (probable schist or quartzite)
Quartz–mica schist with disseminated pyrite; approximate composition SiO₂ + phyllosilicates + FeS₂
Quartz geode or drusy quartz cluster
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely microcrystalline quartz lining a cavity
Weathered greenish rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly epidote- or chlorite-bearing altered silicate rock
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly meteorite
Uncertain; likely goethite/hematite-rich material, with meteorite possibility