Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
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Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Botryoidal Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Conglomerate (Red Sandstone variety)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomeratic Sandstone)
Tumbled sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, commonly subarkose or arkose
Banded Ironstone / Jasper Siltstone
Siltstone with Iron Oxide Hydrates (SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeO(OH))
Quartz-veined Siltstone
Siltstone with Quartz (SiO2) veins
Weathered Pyrite Nodule
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) undergoing oxidation to limonite/goethite
Dendritic Siltstone
Siltstone with Manganese Dendrites (MnO2)
Felsic gneiss, likely granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss; commonly quartz + plagioclase/K-feldspar + biotite or hornblende
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Banded Iron Formation
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide cement)
Pyrite Nodules / Weathered Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Jasper (with Chert/Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (likely Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Picture Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide and clay impurities
Orange Calcite (likely polished specimen)
Calcite
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Worn River Pebble with Fossil Indentation
Sedimentary Rock with Fossil Infill
Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Common Opal/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with hydration
Chalk / Sedimentary Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Pebble (Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 dominant)
Chalk (Sedimentary Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Bioclastic Limestone
Iron-rich sandstone or laterite fragment
Ferruginous sandstone; possibly laterite/goethite-rich ironstone
Rounded river pebble
Indeterminate lithic clast; likely weathered sandstone or quartz-rich sedimentary rock
Banded sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone (predominantly quartz, with feldspar and iron-oxide cement)
Weathered quartz-bearing sandstone
Quartz arenite or feldspathic sandstone (tentative)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Argillite / Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Sandstone / Quartzite
Sedimentary quartz arenite