Chert / Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (physico chemical precipitate) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert / Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite (Ironstone)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (Flint / Jasper / Hornstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Flint Pebble with Fossil Cavity
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Chalcedony / Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Carnelian Agate
Carnelian (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Bumblebee Jasper (technically a type of Agate/Anhydrite)
Calcite and Anhydrite with inclusions of Realgar and Orpiment (As2S3)
Limonite (Yellow Ochre)
Limonite (an amorphous mixture of hydrated iron oxides, primarily FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation with Hematite and Jasper
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Eroded Limestone with Iron Staining
Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore/Sandstone mixture)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) often mixed with Goethite and sedimentary matrix
Chert with Quartz Vein
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Wonderstone Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Blue calcite (probable)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert / Chalcedony Nodules
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Sulfur
Sulfur (S8)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Chalcedony (specifically Agate or Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodular Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper (Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Blue calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃), blue variety
Chert / Flint
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Blue calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely blue calcite with white carbonate matrix
Chert with Quartz Veining
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (with Quartz)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Flint or Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Iron-rich jasper or ferruginous chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) stained by iron oxides, chiefly hematite and goethite