Quartz (likely milky quartz or a stained variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Category
Browse rock (likely sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (likely milky quartz or a stained variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Jasper (specifically Bloodstone or Heliotrope variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Granite Cobble
Granite (Phaneritic igneous rock composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Granite Pebble
Felsic intrusive igneous rock (consisting primarily of Quartz and Feldspar)
Black Onyx
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Banded Rhyolite (likely Green Jasper/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Painted Rock
Weathered Sedimentary Rock (Painted)
Limestone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Weathered basalt or other dark volcanic rock
Likely basalt; predominantly plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, possibly olivine and iron oxides
Quartz-veined Sandstone
Quartzite-veined Arenite / SiO2 and quartz sand
Jasper with Purple Fluorite or Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Jasper Pendant
Chalcedony (Quartz) - SiO2
Fossil-bearing ironstone or weathered concretion
Indeterminate; likely ferruginous sandstone/concretion containing a partial fossil impression
Quartz-rich quartzite or silicified stone
Quartzite; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with minor iron-oxide staining and possible feldspar/clay impurities
Tumbled pale quartz/chalcedony fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly microcrystalline chalcedony
Tumbled reddish-brown pebble, likely sandstone or iron-rich quartzite
Probable ferruginous sandstone (quartz-rich; SiO₂ with iron oxides), possibly quartzite
Red Jasper (or Banded Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with Hematite impurities)
Man-made Ceramic / Clay Figurine
Aluminosilicate Ceramic (Processed Clay)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 composition primarily)
Hag Stone
Perforated sedimentary rock (typically flint, chert, or limestone)
White quartz in dark matrix (likely quartz-bearing breccia or polished composite specimen)
Quartz, SiO₂, in an unidentified dark silicate matrix
Banded agate (likely fire agate or iron-stained chalcedony)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony with iron-oxide inclusions
Sandstone
Arenite (with iron oxide cement)
Weathered quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite
Quartzite (predominantly SiO₂), possibly strongly cemented sandstone
Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Chert/Quartzite nodules)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Worn River Pebble with Fossil Indentation
Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Infill
Sandstone (Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Coal
Bituminous Coal / Anthracite
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) within a sedimentary/igneous host
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in a sedimentary or volcanic host
Foliated schist, likely mica schist
Mica schist; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), muscovite/biotite mica, and feldspar
Vuggy Quartz on Matrix
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide Fe2O3 staining)