Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
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Browse sedimentary (processed mineral product) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (specifically Flint or Nodular Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pumice or vesicular volcanic rock
Pumice; predominantly volcanic glass (silica-rich, commonly rhyolitic to dacitic)
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Limonite (Iron Ore/Hydrated Iron Oxide)
Limonite (mixture of FeO(OH)·nH₂O minerals, mainly Goethite, FeO(OH) and Lepidocrocite, FeO(OH))
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Shale
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock)
Limestone (likely weathered or plaster-coated)
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; primarily CaCO₃
Celestite (Blue Celestine)
Celestine (Strontium Sulfate, SrSO4)
Basalt pebble
Fine- to medium-grained mafic volcanic rock, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene with possible olivine and iron oxides
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (tooth)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Vertebrate fossilized tooth
Blue gemstone ring, likely blue topaz or synthetic blue spinel
Likely topaz (Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂) or synthetic spinel (MgAl₂O₄); identification is uncertain from the image
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide mixture)
Dark pebble with pale mineral patches
Likely porphyritic basalt or andesite; identification is uncertain from the photograph
Clear quartz crystal (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Graphite
Graphite (Carbon, C)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Small weathered mineral/rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz-bearing feldspathic rock or calcite-rich specimen
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Likely weathered basalt
Basalt; fine-grained mafic rock composed mainly of plagioclase, pyroxene, and commonly olivine or iron oxides
Milky quartz / quartz-rich vein rock
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely massive quartz with minor iron-staining or feldspar
Fossilized Gastropod Shell
Gastropoda (calcium carbonate / aragonite)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mixed Rock Collection (Pebbles and Stones)
Various geological specimens
Quartz (Granular)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical byproduct
Mineral Specimens and Streak Test
Various Minerals (Silicates, Carbonates, Oxides)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)