Chert (Nodular or Massive Variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (secondary classification for a weathered mineral specimen) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Nodular or Massive Variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium fluoride (CaF2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz (Gravel Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Botryoidal Agate / Chalcedony Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Lepidolite
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper with Quartz vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Vesicular Basalt (Amygdaloidal Basalt)
Basalt with Secondary Mineral Inclusions
Native Copper Nugget
Native Copper (Cu)
Chert (White Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Brachiopods
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossilized Brachiopoda sp. (likely Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida)
Pyrite (on Shale/Matrix)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Muscovite, and Illite)
Quartz (Smoky/Milky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with man-made markings)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz, SiO2)
Banded Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
River Cobble (likely Basalt or Chert)
Siliceous River Rock / Microcrystalline Quartz / Mafic Igneous
Ferruginous Breccia
Breccia with Iron-rich (Hematite/Goethite) Matrix
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock (CaCO3) with bioclasts
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Botryoidal or Chalcedony Rose)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Lepidolite
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Jasper (Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxides)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a geode
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz River Pebbles
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cement (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Sandstone (likely Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Chert Breccia (with Iron Staining)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxides (Limonite/Goethite)
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Hag Stone
Naturally holed stone (typically sedimentary rock such as flint, limestone, or sandstone)
Hematite Nodules (Moqui Marbles style)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)