Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Category
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Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz (Milky/Clear Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (Iron-stained Chalcedony)
SiO2 with Fe2O3 (Iron Oxide) impurities
Riverstone Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Jasper / Yellow Chalcedony Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a secondary sedimentary structure
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (primarily SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with hydrated iron oxide impurities
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz: SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (SiO2 + FeO(OH))
Sandstone (likely Greywacke or Siltstone variety)
Arenite / Siltstone (primarily SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble type)
Iron oxide concretion (Goethite/Hematite and Sandstone)
Dendritic Agate or Manganese Nodule in Chert/Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese Oxide (MnO2) inclusions
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Basalt with Secondary Mineral Infillings
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (Silicon dioxide, SiO2)
Granite Glacial Erratic
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (KAlSi3O8 – NaAlSi3O8 – CaAl2Si2O8 – SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide cement Fe2O3)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Clear Quartz fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Stream-rounded)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Granite Gneiss River Rock
Gneiss
Chert Pebble with Quartz Veins
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Chert (with Quartz Veining)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite after Pyrite (Prophecy Stone or Ironstone Concretion)
Goethite/Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite/Marcasite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Banded Agate (specifically Lake Superior Agate or similar)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Oolitic Limestone / Fossiliferous Chert
Oolitic Limestone (CaCO3) / Silicified Limestone
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Ironstone (composed primarily of Goethite FeO(OH) and Limonite)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Breccia
Brecciated Chert (Microcrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (predominantly SiO2)
Malachite
Copper carbonate hydroxide [Cu2CO3(OH)2]
Quartz (Peach/Orange variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Red Sandstone)
Arenite with Hematite/Limonite cement
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al2O3·nH2O)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide, SiO2
Weathered Gabbro or Diorite (Igneous Cobble)
Phaneritic Basic/Intermediate Igneous Rock
Glauconite (Greensand Articulated Sandstone)
Glauconite ((K, Na)(Fe, Al, Mg)2(Si, Al)4O10(OH)2)
Limonite Concretion
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Leopard Skin Jasper
Silicified Rhyolite or Orbicular Jasper (SiO2)