Chert (with Quartz/Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Browse rock (likely sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (with Quartz/Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
White quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Small quartz-rich rock fragment (tentative)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), possibly in a feldspar-bearing granite fragment
Blue Dyed Agate Geode (Slice)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Quartz
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Gravel fragment)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pink Granite with Quartz Vein
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (K-feldspar + Quartz + Plagioclase + Mica)
Blue Lace Agate (with Amethyst Geode center)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Chalcedony
Weathered iron-stained quartzite or sandstone cobble
Quartzite (quartz-rich rock), possibly ferruginous sandstone
River Cobble (likely Serpentinite or Greenstone)
Serpentinite / Greenschist facies rock
Likely weathered basalt or mafic volcanic rock
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and commonly olivine or iron oxides
Jasper (Green Jasper/River Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Weathered quartz-rich pebble, possibly milky quartz or chalcedony
Quartz, SiO₂; exact variety uncertain from the image
Granite Cobble
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Porphyritic Basalt (with Granite inclusion)
Porphyritic Mafic Volcanic Rock
Granite Cobble
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Rounded quartz-rich cobble
Likely quartzite or siliceous sandstone; predominantly microcrystalline SiO₂ with possible feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Shell Fragment
Bivalvia or Gastropoda (Class) fragment
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2, often with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Gneiss (Granitic Gneiss)
Gneiss
Jasper (Banded Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Iron-rich laterite or limonite/goethite-bearing rock
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly goethite (α-FeO(OH)) and limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O), likely in a lateritic matrix
Milky quartz-rich rock
Quartz (SiO₂), likely massive milky quartz with minor iron-oxide staining and attached host material
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Basalt with Plagioclase Porphyry
Porphyritic Basalt
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite (Iron-stained)
Quartzite (mostly SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Jasper Variant likely)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Cobble (likely Basalt or Chert)
Siliceous River Rock / Microcrystalline Quartz / Mafic Igneous
Granite Cobble
Plutonic Igneous Rock (Granitic)
Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz (Common Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Tumbled pegmatitic granite
Coarse-grained granite/pegmatite, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and biotite or amphibole
Orbicular granite (likely larvikite/rapakivi-type granite)
Granite; chiefly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, with dark biotite/amphibole and iron-oxide veining
Sandstone with Quarzite clasts
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)