Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
Browse sedimentary (physico chemical precipitate) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Nodular or Fossiliferous)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Banded Chert (or Banded Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide impurities (Hematite/Goethite)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodular)
Chert (SiO2 - Microcrystalline Quartz)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Chert (Hag Stone / Hole Stone)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Glauconitic Sandstone (or Greensand)
Glauconitic Siliciclastic Rock (Containing (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Banded Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite Pseudomorph after Pyrite
Limonite (Hydrous iron oxides, FeO(OH)·nH2O) replacing Pyrite (FeS2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Cloudy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (with Quartz veins)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Golden/Yellow Variety)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (containing Flint and Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Tan/Brown Chert)
Chert (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slate
Slate (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Agate (Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Silica or Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Travertine' or 'Mexican Onyx')
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Calcite Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Chert (specifically Jasper or Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite (after Pyrite Pseudomorph)
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide Mixture, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Limestone (Cliff Formation)
Limestone (predominantly CaCO3 as calcite)
Quartz (Grain/Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Commonly known as a Flint or River Cobble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ferruginous Quartz (Carnelian-tinted Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Chert (Chert Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained River Cobble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Marble
Metamorphosed Limestone (main mineral: Calcite, CaCO3)
River Stone (likely Basalt or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for chert or Mafic Extrusive Rock for basalt
Granite (phaneritic background) with Limestone/Calcite carving
Felsic Igneous Plutonic Rock (background) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) (carving)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Milky and Gray)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Limonite Pseudomorph after Pyrite
Goethite/Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2O replacing Pyrite FeS2
Chert (or possibly Flint)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (often called Flint when dark or found in chalk)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint nodule)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)