Basalt
Basalt
Category
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Basalt
Basalt
Vesicular Basalt
Basalt
River Basalt (Cobble)
Mafic Igneous Rock (Fine-grained Basalt)
Vesicular Basalt
Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene)
Basalt River Cobble
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Lunar Meteorite (Feldspathic Breccia)
Lunar Feldspathic Breccia
Epidote and Quartz in Basalt Porpohyry
Epidote bearing Porphyritic Basalt with Quartz Veins
Garnet-bearing Schist
Almandine Garnet [Fe3Al2(SiO4)3] in Micaceous Schist
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with primary clasts 0.0625 to 2 mm)
Chert (Common Opal/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Scoria
Scoria (Vesicular Basalt)
Sandstone (Greywacke/Siltstone variant)
Arenite / Wacke (SiO2 with diverse mineral inclusions)
Sandstone
Quartz Arenite / Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based clastic rock)
Pumice
Pumice (a highly vesicular volcanic rock)
Sandstone (with potential fossil inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic Quartz-Feldspar rock)
Sandstone (Fossiliferous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Mafic Volcanic Rock
Pink Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Quartz with Mica and Feldspar
Granitic Pegmatite Fragment (SiO2 + KAlSi3O8 + KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Arenite)
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock)
River Pebble (Basalt or Graywacke)
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt)
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed mainly of SiO2)
Fossil Coral (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (extinct genus of Tabulate coral)
Red Sandstone (Iron-rich)
Arenite (with Hematite cement)
Quartz Geode (partially formed/chalcedony with iron staining)
Quartz (SiO2) with Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz) and likely Iron Oxides/Hydroxides
Shale or Mudstone (Based on appearance)
Shale (fine-grained, laminated fissile sedimentary rock) / Mudstone (fine-grained, non-fissile sedimentary rock)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite series)
Basalt with Granite Inclusions (Xenolith)
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt) with Felsic Igneous Inclusion (Granite)
Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Coral)
Hexagonaria percarinata
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote with Pietersite or Red Jasper (Ca2Al2Fe3+[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH))
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass
Unakite
Altered Granite
Chert (Yellow Jasper / Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)