Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
Browse sedimentary (secondary classification for a weathered mineral specimen) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Basalt River Pebble
Extrusive mafic volcanic rock
Granite Cobble
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Gray Basalt Cobble
Basalt
Basalt (Weathered Pebble)
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock
Artificial Rock Face (Faux Rock)
Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC)
Sandstone with Iron Oxide Staining
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite alteration
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (Small Grains)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Cobble (with Iron Oxide Staining)
Microcrystalline to Macro crystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartzite with Hematite staining
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2) with Ferruginous Oxides
Greenstone / Chert
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) or Altered Basalt
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shale with Iron Oxide Staining
Fissile Mudstone (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
River Cobble (likely Basalt or Greenstone)
Mafic Igneous Rock (with possible chloritic alteration)
Limestone
Sedimentary rock composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Agate (Tumbled and Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with likely organic dyes
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Chalcedony (likely Green Agate or Chrysoprase)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartz Geode (Cracked Open Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains)
Seashell Fragment (Aragonite/Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Shell fragment
Turquoise
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Iron-stained Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
Red Sandstone
Arenite with iron oxide (Hematite) cement
Granite Pebble
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Chalcedony (Agate/Quartz pebble)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz (Microcrystalline/Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (specifically a Yellow/Honey Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Granite Pebble
Granite (Phaneritic Quartz-Feldspar Rock)
Limonite-stained Gossan/Ironstone
Goethite and Hematite (Fe2O3 • nH2O)
Iron-rich Gossan with Quartz
Limonite and Goethite with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Cobble (likely Sandstone or Siltstone type)
Sandstone or Siltstone (common rock types that form river cobbles)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Ferruginous Sandstone or Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Banded Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Quartzite / River Cobble
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)