Shale with Iron Oxide Staining
Fissile Mudstone (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
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Shale with Iron Oxide Staining
Fissile Mudstone (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
Red Mudstone (Siltstone)
Lutite (primarily Quartz and Clay minerals with Hematite)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Sandstone (Greywacke/Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with iron oxide cement)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with various silicate clasts)
Limonitic Sandstone (Stained Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Goethite) staining
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe2O3 staining)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz: SiO2)
Fairburn Agate / Agate-bearing Breccia
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Jasper/Breccia matrix
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Red Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based with Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone with Magnetite and Iron Staining
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (contains Fe3O4 and Limonite/Hematite)
Chert / Flint Nodules in Sandstone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Banded Sandstone (Quartzite-rich)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with Iron Oxide impurities)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone Conglomerate fragments)
Ferruginous clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 cemented by Fe2O3)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gozzan)
Iron-rich clastic sedimentary rock with Limonite/Goethite
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock), SiO2 + various minerals
Siltstone with flute casts or scratch marks
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Siltstone/Fine-grained Sandstone)
Hag Stone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (often Chert, Flint, or Limestone)
Sandstone Pebble with Iron Staining
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Fe2O3 oxides)
Banded Sandstone (River Pebble)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartzite and Feldspar grains)
Sandstone (Red Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide)
Quartz (Chert/Chunky Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian (Red Agate)
Chalcedony (SiO2 with Iron Oxide impurities)
Quartz (Variety: Citrine or Tumbled Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Mineral
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Ruby in Kyanite
Corundum in Disthene (Al2SiO5 + Al2O3)
Quartz (likely Herkimer Diamond style)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Red Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace minerals
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)