Red sandstone or iron-stained chert
Likely quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂) or microcrystalline quartz/chert with hematite
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Red sandstone or iron-stained chert
Likely quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂) or microcrystalline quartz/chert with hematite
Weathered iron-rich chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), variably stained by iron oxides/hydroxides
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Geode Cluster (Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Possible calcite crystal fragment
Calcite (CaCO₃), tentative identification
Flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone and Sandstone Assortment
Sedimentary Rock Assemblage
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Psilomelane (Black Hematite varietal)
Barium Manganese Oxide (Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10
Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock (lithified sediment)
Chert
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert or Flint
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Banded iron formation (iron-rich metamorphic rock)
BIF; alternating chert/quartz and hematite–magnetite layers
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint / Jasper / Hornstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Hematite
Hematite, Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (SiO2 based with Fe2O3 banding)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Nodule
Chert / Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Honey Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite/Ironstone
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Wonderstone Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Yellow Ochre / Limonite
Hydrated ferric oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Onyx Marble (Banded Calcite)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); possibly quartzite composed predominantly of recrystallized quartz
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz vein rock (milky quartz)
Milky quartz, SiO₂; likely quartz-rich vein material in altered host rock
Gold Ore
Native Gold (Au)