Quartz-veined Limestone
Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets
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Quartz-veined Limestone
Sedimentary limestone with quartz/calcite veinlets
Banded Chert / Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Likely milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Chalcedony Agate Nodule
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Veined Limestone (Micrite) with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Silicate or Carbonate inclusions
Tumbled limestone or calcite-rich stone
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃); exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Iron-stained milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), locally limonite/goethite-stained
Banded limestone or marble
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; likely veined limestone, possibly low-grade marble (CaCO₃)
Iron-rich concretion or weathered ironstone pebble
Goethite/limonite-bearing ironstone; commonly an iron-oxide concretion (FeO(OH)·nH₂O, variable)
Quartz pebble with a conchoidal chip
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation (Magnetite-Hematite-Chert)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded iron formation pebble
Banded iron formation (BIF), chiefly hematite/magnetite with chert or jasper
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
White Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ferruginous Quartz on Ironstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite (Fe2O3)
Chert (Light Grey / Flint variant)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Brown chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert
Chert (Quartzite-rich River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Common Variety, Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Blue apatite (likely rough/tumbled specimen)
Apatite group, commonly fluorapatite — Ca5(PO4)3F
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Banded Iron Formation
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Ironstone Nodule
Ironstone (Ferruginous Rock)
Aragonite
Aragonite (CaCO3)
Psilomelane (Black Hematite/Manganese Ore)
Barium Manganese Oxide (Formula: BaMn9O18(OH)4)
Pyrite-rich sulfide ore (likely pyrite with chalcopyrite)
Pyrite, FeS₂; possible chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂, and minor quartz or sphalerite
Jasper (specifically Bloodstone or Heliotrope variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Weathered limestone or dolostone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly dolomite-bearing
Assorted Tumbled Gemstones
Mixed oxides and silicates (including Quartz, Chalcedony, and Feldspar variants)
Aragonite Star Cluster
Aragonite (CaCO3)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Chert / Flint Pebble with Fossil Cavity
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded iron formation fragment (likely jasper-rich ironstone)
Banded iron formation (BIF), commonly hematite/goethite with chert or jasper; Fe₂O₃/FeO(OH) and SiO₂
Chert (Flint / Agate Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Yellow Calcite (Banded)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)