Likely weathered mica schist fragment
Mica schist, chiefly muscovite/biotite mica with quartz and feldspar
Category
Browse rock (likely sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Likely weathered mica schist fragment
Mica schist, chiefly muscovite/biotite mica with quartz and feldspar
Sandstone (Wonderstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossilized Brachiopod
Brachiopoda (Phylum)
Chert or Flint
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Claystone Concretion
Septarian Concretion (Ironstone-rich)
Weathered quartz-rich rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered granite, quartzite, or rhyolite
Tumbled serpentine (likely)
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Rough Corundum (likely Sapphire/Zircon-bearing)
Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3)
Rounded granitic gneiss or granite cobble
Quartz–feldspar–mica granitoid; possibly weathered gneiss
Basalt (Vesicular/Waterworn)
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Geode (Quartz / Chalcedony Geode)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartzite (Yellow/Orange variety)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Likely basalt (possibly scoriaceous basalt)
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and commonly olivine, with minor iron–titanium oxides
Tumbled jasper (likely ocean or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron oxides and dark accessory minerals
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (with Iron Inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt Pebble
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Quartz (Druzy) in host rock
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide) as Quartz, with unspecified host rock components (likely silicates and iron oxides)
Shale (with Iron Oxide staining)
Fissile Mudstone (primarily Quartz and Clay minerals)
Blue Chalcedony (likely dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Milky Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Rounded dark-gray pebble, likely basalt or andesite
Fine-grained mafic to intermediate volcanic rock; commonly plagioclase ± pyroxene, amphibole, and minor olivine
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Orange Calcite (likely polished specimen)
Calcite
Weathered basalt or iron-rich river cobble
Basalt, likely with iron-oxide staining; exact identification requires testing
Sandstone (lithic wacke)
Arenite / Lithic Wacke (mostly SiO2 with rock fragments)
Coal
Combustible sedimentary rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities (mostly Iron Oxides)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock