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Sedimentary (Chemically Precipitated)

Browse sedimentary (chemically precipitated) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Chert Pebble (Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Pebble

Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Chert (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Chert (SiO2)

Chert (Nodule) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Nodule)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Banded Chert (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz) — sedimentary

Banded Chert

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz

Chert (Black Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Black Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Chert (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Chert (SiO2)

Chert (River Pebble) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (River Pebble)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (often called Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (often called Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Iron-stained or Dark) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Iron-stained or Dark)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert / Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Chalcedony

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Coarse Sand or Fine Gravel (Detrital Sedimentary Fragments (mostly SiO2)) — sedimentary

Coarse Sand or Fine Gravel

Detrital Sedimentary Fragments (mostly SiO2)

Green Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Green Chert

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper variety) (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper variety)

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Chert (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Chert (SiO2)

Chert (variously known as Flint) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (variously known as Flint)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) with Glauconite (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint) with Glauconite

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (with Limestone matrix) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (with Limestone matrix)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Grey-Green Var.) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Grey-Green Var.)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Weathered iron-rich rock, likely limonite-bearing sandstone or laterite (Limonite/goethite-rich ferruginous rock; composition commonly FeO(OH)·nH₂O with quartz and clay minerals) — sedimentary

Weathered iron-rich rock, likely limonite-bearing sandstone or laterite

Limonite/goethite-rich ferruginous rock; composition commonly FeO(OH)·nH₂O with quartz and clay minerals

Chert Concretion (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert Concretion

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint Nodule) (Microcrystalline and Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint Nodule)

Microcrystalline and Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert / Flint (Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert / Flint

Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper) (Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper)

Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)

Brown Jasper / Chert Pebbles (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities) — sedimentary

Brown Jasper / Chert Pebbles

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities

Chert (specifically Jasper/Flint pebble) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Jasper/Flint pebble)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint) (Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Flint)

Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)

Chert (Jasper variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (River Pebble) (Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (River Pebble)

Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)

Chert (specifically Yellow/Brown Chert or Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Yellow/Brown Chert or Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert with Quartz Druzy (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Drusy Quartz Coating) — sedimentary

Chert with Quartz Druzy

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Drusy Quartz Coating

Chert (specifically Blue Chert/Flint) (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Blue Chert/Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Halite (Halite (NaCl)) — mineral

Halite

Halite (NaCl)

Banded Sedimentary Rock (Siltstone/Mudstone with concretion) (Siltstone with Ferruginous Banding) — sedimentary

Banded Sedimentary Rock (Siltstone/Mudstone with concretion)

Siltstone with Ferruginous Banding

Jasper (Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions) — sedimentary

Jasper

Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions

Limestone (Sedimentary rock composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)) — sedimentary

Limestone

Sedimentary rock composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Agate (Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2) — sedimentary

Agate

Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2