Red sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, commonly ferruginous sandstone (SiO₂-dominated)
Category
Browse sedimentary (primary) with artificial modification specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Red sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, commonly ferruginous sandstone (SiO₂-dominated)
Aura Quartz (Coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with metallic vapor
Limestone (specifically a Crushed Aggregate fragment)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Quartzite-rich)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Asphalt aggregate (crushed stone in bitumen)
Artificial composite; predominantly crushed granite, basalt, limestone, and/or recycled aggregate bound by bitumen
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sphalerite
(Zn,Fe)S
Dyed mineral cluster, likely calcite or aragonite
Calcite (CaCO₃) or aragonite (CaCO₃), artificially color-enhanced
Fordite
Anthropogenic paint-rock
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite/Goethite (Iron Ore)
Hydrous ferric oxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide mixture)
Hematite Ball
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Shale
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Blue Apatite
Calcium phosphate fluoride/chloride, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Coal
Bituminous or sub-bituminous coal (carbonaceous rock)
Celestite
Strontium Sulfate (SrSO4)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Dyed agate geode slice
Banded chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), commonly sold as a dyed agate slice
Coal
Carbonaceous sedimentary rock / Lignite to Bituminous coal
Blue aventurine quartz (likely dyed or tumbled quartzite)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), with blue coloration from inclusions or dye
Red chalcedony (likely dyed or heat-treated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly red agate/carnelian
Red Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Macrocrystalline Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Dyed agate slice
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), typically banded chalcedony
Dyed tumbled quartz (likely quartzite or quartz crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dyed tumbled stone, likely chalcedony or quartz
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably dyed magenta