Chert (Beach Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (fossil) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Beach Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Iron Formation
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic sandstone ((K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Chert with Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Chert / Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone / CaCO3
Jasper with Hematite Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3)
Limonite (Ironstone Concretion)
Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (Chalcedony-rich sedimentary rock)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Sandstone with Iron Oxide Coating
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Common Quartz Pebble/Rock)
Sedimentary rock / Quartz arenite
Blue calcite (probable)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Rough amber-like brown mineral specimen
Uncertain from photograph; possibly iron-stained quartz, common opal, or resinous amber
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron hydroxides
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Geode (Unopened)
Silica-rich concretion (SiO2)
Jasper and Ironstone (likely Jasperized Ironstone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Selenite / Gypsum
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)
Chert Nodules in Sedimentary Rock
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Clastic Matrix
Sandstone
Sandstone (SiO2 predominant)
Red Sandstone
Sandstone (principally Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxide hematite cement)
Rounded sedimentary pebble, likely mudstone or shale
Argillite/mudstone; predominantly compacted clay minerals with quartz and iron oxides
Sandstone (Heart-shaped pebble)
Sedimentary Quartz Sandstone
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone (Weathered Fragment)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartz-veined Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock with hydrothermal quartz veins
Quartz Vein in Basalt or Sedimentary Host Rock
Silica-veined lithic fragment (SiO2 in host matrix)
Vein-filled Sedimentary Rock
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz/calcite vein
Quartz and Mixed Sedimentary Rocks
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) mixed with various clastic sedimentary lithologies
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Sandstone and River Pebbles
Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone / Quartzite / Chert)
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Puddingstone (Gowganda Tillite/Lorrain Quartzite)
Jasper Conglomerate
Limestone (or Sandstone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) / Silica (SiO2)