Gold Nugget / Native Gold
Native Gold (Au)
Category
Browse sedimentary (alluvial deposit) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Gold Nugget / Native Gold
Native Gold (Au)
Yellow Jasper (Chert) Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Ruby (Raw/Rough)
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium trace)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Pebble Conglomerate / Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Likely weathered river pebble
Indeterminate lithology; possibly fine-grained sandstone, siltstone, or chert
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Conglomerate pebble
Polymictic conglomerate (clast-supported)
Chalcedony / Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Weathered feldspathic sandstone
Quartz–feldspar sandstone (arkose), with iron-oxide staining
Arkosic Sandstone
Arkose
Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Milky Quartz (Gold-bearing Prospecting Specimen)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Weathered conglomeratic sandstone
Polymictic conglomerate or pebbly sandstone, likely iron-stained
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Puddingstone)
Gold Nugget
Gold (Au)
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Clastic Rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Conglomerate
Clast-supported polymictic conglomerate; rounded quartz and other rock fragments in a dark matrix
Conglomerate
Polymictic Conglomerate
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Quartz (Tumbled/Polished Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate)
Gold Nuggests
Native Gold (Au)
River Rock (River Cobbles)
Fluvial Conglomerate Clasts (primarily composed of various minerals such as Quartz, SiO2)
Ruby (Cabochon)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Rounded quartz-rich cobble
Likely quartzite or quartz-rich sandstone; exact identification requires a fresh break or hardness test
Likely quartz-rich stone, possibly milky quartz or chalcedony
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly microcrystalline chalcedony
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate)
Red Jasper (Siltstone variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Tumbled/rounded agate (likely mossy or brecciated chalcedony)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/agate)
Purple cabochon gemstone, likely amethyst or purple sapphire/spinel
Indeterminate from image; possible quartz (SiO₂), corundum (Al₂O₃), or spinel (MgAl₂O₄)
Puddingstone
Conglomerate
Diamond
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