Flint in Chalk
Sedimentary nodular chert within chalk (SiO2)
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Flint in Chalk
Sedimentary nodular chert within chalk (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Breciated Chert
Brecciated Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead Fragment)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz or possibly Jasper/Chert. Looks like a tumbled or water-worn stone.
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
River Pebble / Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
River Pebble (Quartzite or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iron-stained chert or siliceous mudstone
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert with hematite/goethite staining
Mixed Gemstones and Minerals
Mixed Silicates and Oxides (Quartz/Amethyst, Aventurine, Sodalite, Chert, Jasper)
Brown quartz-rich pebble (likely chert or weathered quartzite)
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly microcrystalline quartz/chert or quartzite
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (River Pebble) and Chert/Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Druzy in Chert Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline & Crystalline Quartz
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer) / Perthitic Igneous Rock
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely chert or quartzite; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Likely quartz-rich rock fragment
Probably microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly a pale chert or quartzite fragment
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (or potentially massive Quartz/Quartzite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
White Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble (Likely Chert or Fine-Grained Sandstone/Quartzite)
Siliciclastic clast (likely Chert or Quartzarenite/Quartzite pebble)
Chert Nodules in Limestone / Fault Breccia
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Chert Nodule in Limestone
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2) and Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz
Flint/Chert Nodule in Limestone
Sedimentary rock containing microcrystalline quartz (SiO2) within a calcium carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Chert (flint) fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called chert or flint
Chert nodules in Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Tumbled chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert
Likely green-brown jasper or iron-stained chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-oxide-stained chert/jasper
Chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/quartz aggregate)
Weathered chert or flint fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedonic chert with iron-oxide staining
Chert with Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix
Chert
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert with Limestone matrix
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2) in Calcite (CaCO3) matrix
Chert Nodules in Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tumbled quartz-rich pebble, likely jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained jasper
Weathered chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint with possible carbonate or quartz vein
Chert Nodule in Limestone
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Limonite-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxides
Brown chert (flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called chert; the specimen may be iron-stained
Chert Nodules in Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)