Limestone with Calcite Veining
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
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Limestone with Calcite Veining
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
River Quartzite Siltstone
Quartz-rich Meta-siltstone (SiO2 dominated)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Quartz (Milky or Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Bauxite
Alumina-rich rock (consisting of Gibbsite, Boehmite, and Diaspore)
Azurite and Malachite on Matrix
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 (Azurite) and Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite)
Banded Sandstone (Liesegang Rings)
Sedimentary Arenite (SiO2 with FeO/Fe2O3 impurities)
Chert (White Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Laterite
Laterite (Ferricrete)
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Orange Calcite (Cleavage Rhomb)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (specifically Flint or Gray Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Gray/Blue Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Kimberlite
Kimberlite
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Carnelian
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - Translucent Chalcedony
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
River Cobble (Quartzite or Weathered Sandstone)
Arenite / Metasandstone (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or White Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Rough Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Grain/Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Goethite
Goethite (FeO(OH))
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Basalt with secondary mineral infilling
Quartzite with Quartz Vein
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Shale with Coprolite influence
Argillaceous sedimentary rock (Shale/Mudstone)
Common Opal / Chert
Hydrated silica (SiO2·nH2O) or Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Sandstone (Differential Weathering)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Geode with Quartz and Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Olivine (Peridot when gem-quality)
Olivine Group (Magnesium Iron Silicate, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
Moqui Marble (Sandstone Concretion)
Hematite-cemented Sandstone (Fe2O3 + SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety) with Iron Oxide staining
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Goethite/Limonite impurities
Quartzite (Yellow/Tan Quartz Cobble)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebbles (Tumbled Quartz and Basalt)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for white quartz; Mafic Volcanic Rock for basalt
Bog Iron / Limonite Concretion
Goethite/Limonite mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Quartz (Milky/Snow)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)