Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (if natural jasper) or artificial (if slag) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Geode (unopened)
Calcedony-lined Geode (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (with possible trace fossils)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of quartz and/or feldspar)
Chert (White-Grey variety)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead/Tool Grade)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Coarse Sand Grain / Lithic Fragment
Clastic Sediment (Lithic fragment or Quartz/Feldspar grain)
Chert (often called Flint when dark or worked)
Cryptocrystalline silica (SiO2)
Corundum
Corundum (Aluminium oxide, Al2O3)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam/Mollusk)
Class: Bivalvia (Order: Veneroida), Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Fossil Shark Tooth (embedded in matrix)
Lamniformes (likely Cretalamna or Squalicorax) within phosphatic/calcareous matrix
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Chert (containing a small fossil)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (and Chert Geode)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Cobble (Conglomerate context)
Unconsolidated Fluvial Alluvium (comprised of various lithologies like Quartzite, Granite, or Basalt)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Chert (Yellow/Tan)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities of Titanium, Manganese, or Iron
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Sedimentary/Metamorphic Matrix
Chert (and Chalcedony/Agate mixture)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shiva Lingam
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Jasproid/Sandstone) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Clastic Rock)
Ferruginous Sandstone (with Iron Oxide staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Quartz Arenite/Wacke
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Banded Calcite (often sold as Onyx Marble)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone, Quartzite, and River Pebbles
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) based Sedimentary/Metamorphic structures
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss with Quartz Veining
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Amethyst and Hematite Bracelet
Amethyst (SiO2) and Hematite (Fe2O3)
Quartz (Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Travertine' or 'Mexican Onyx')
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcite (CaCO3)
Chert Arrowhead (Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Geodal Limestone / Calcite Druze
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pyrite (on Quartz matrix)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fossilized Gastropod in Chert/Limestone
Internal mold of Gastropoda (Class) with CaCO3 or SiO2 mineral formula
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Azurite-Malachite (often called Azerite Malachite or Azurmalachite)
Azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2) and Malachite (Cu2CO3(OH)2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Gritstone/Marl)
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) with Fossil Inclusions
Honeycomb Coral Fossil (Petoskey-type Coral)
Favosites (Extinct Colonial Tabulate Coral), CaCO3
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)