Vesicular Basalt (or Scoria)
Vesicular Basalt (Aphanitic-vesicular volcanic rock)
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Vesicular Basalt (or Scoria)
Vesicular Basalt (Aphanitic-vesicular volcanic rock)
Shale
Fissile mudrock (composed primarily of clay minerals and quartz)
Sandstone
Arenite
Shale
Argillaceous Rock
Quartz Pebble (with Iron Staining)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Schist (metamorphic rock)
Pahoehoe Basalt
Extrusive mafic volcanic rock
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble (likely Quartzite or Chert)
Sedimentary Clast (Silicon Dioxide dominant)
Orbicular Jasper (Ocean Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
Sandstone Cobble
Clastic Sedimentary (Sandstone)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Pumice
Pumice (Vesicular Rhyolite/Andesite)
Chert / Chalcedony (likely carnelian or flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Sedimentary Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
Horn Coral Fossil
Rugosa (Tetracoralla)
Quartz Pebble (Geode Fragment / Druzy Cavity)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Cobble (Basalt or Sandstone)
Weathered Basalt or Fine-Grained Sandstone
Milky Quartz with Country Rock contact
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in contact with Metamorphic/Igneous rock
Banded Rock (likely Quartz-rich)
Uncertain, likely a Metamorphic Rock (e.g., Gneiss or Schist) with prominent Quartz and other minerals
Vesicular Basalt
Basalt with vesicular texture
Black Limestone with Calcite Veining
Bituminous Limestone (CaCO3 with Organic Carbon inclusions)
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Topaz
Aluminum Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide; Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Sandstone
Arenite (predominantly SiO2 quartz grains)
Garnet Schist
Almandine-Muscovite Schist
Schist
Mica Schist (Medium-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Gabbro or Diorite with Quartz/Epidote Vein
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Plutonic)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Geodic habit
Quartz Geode with Calcite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Basalt
Extrusive mafic igneous rock
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Peridotite (Pyroxenite/Serpentinized Dunite)
Ultramafic Rock (consisting primarily of Olivine and Pyroxene)
Puddingstone (Gowganda Tillite/Jasper Conglomerate)
Jasper Conglomerate (SiO2 primary composition)
Gneiss
High-grade metamorphic rock (Gneiss)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Veining
Basalt (principally Plagioclase and Pyroxene)
Greenstone / Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite staining
Quartz Druzy (Geode Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Snakeskin Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron inclusions