Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (Quartz arenite/Arkose)
Category
Browse sedimentary (man made composite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (Quartz arenite/Arkose)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cement (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Turquoise (likely stabilized or composite)
Turquoise, hydrated copper aluminum phosphate — CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Sandstone
Arenite (variable SiO2 composition)
Tumbled chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/jasper
Sandstone Pebble
Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Coal (Bituminous Coal)
Caustobiolith / Sedimentary Rock
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slate
Metamorphic Pelitic Rock
Goldstone
N/A (Synthetic Glass with Copper Inclusions)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished brown chalcedony (likely carnelian or jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron oxides produce the brown coloration
Chert (Siltstone / Flint)
SiO2 (Cryptocrystalline Quartz)
Chert (Cherty Shale / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Chert (Chalcedony/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (with Quartz)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Arrowhead (Jasper)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jade bangle
Likely nephrite jade (fibrous amphibole, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂); possibly jadeite (NaAlSi₂O₆)
Polished/tumbled stone, likely serpentine or agate
Probable serpentine-group mineral (antigorite/lizardite), possibly a green jasper or agate; image is insufficient for certainty
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite)
Tumbled aqua glassy mineral specimen, likely chrysocolla or turquoise imitation
Uncertain from image; possible chrysocolla (hydrated copper aluminosilicate, variable composition) or dyed/man-made glass
Chalk
Micrite (primarily Calcium Carbonate or CaCO3)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Moon (lunar surface depiction)
Lunar rock; chiefly anorthosite, basalt, and breccia (plagioclase-rich CaAl2Si2O8)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Small metallic-looking mineral/rock fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly galena, hematite, or metallic slag
Polished chrysocolla-matrix stone (probable)
Chrysocolla, hydrated copper aluminosilicate; likely mixed with quartz, turquoise, or copper minerals
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Quartz Arenite (iron-stained) / SiO2
Sandstone
Arenite
Fossilized gastropod (likely nerite or related sea snail)
Gastropoda; shell composed originally of aragonite/calcite, commonly replaced or infilled by calcite
Turquoise ring stone (likely stabilized or dyed turquoise)
Turquoise — hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Blue glassy cabochon, likely blue quartz or synthetic glass
Possibly dyed blue chalcedony/quartz (SiO₂); visual identification is inconclusive
Sandstone
Arenite (specifically sublithic or quartz arenite)
Sandstone
Sandstone (composed predominantly of Quartz, SiO2, with Feldspar and Clay minerals)
Jasper / Chert (Red)
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)