Quartz (various varieties)
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
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Quartz (various varieties)
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
Biotite Mica
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Chert (often called Jasper or River Siltstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Jasper/Carnelian variety)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite Orthorthotropic Rock
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) / Tiger Iron
Banded Iron Formation containing Hematite (Fe2O3) and Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Chert (Jasper or Flint variant)
Chert (composed of microcrystalline quartz, SiO2)
Crushed Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (with Iron Oxide staining)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Geode with Quartz and possibly Jasper/Hematite
Quartz (SiO2) and Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline SiO2), possibly stained by iron oxides
Druzy Quartz on Chert/Siltstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Microcrystalline Silica/Siltstone matrix
Chert (variously known as Flint or Microcrystalline Quartz)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper (possibly Brecciated)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Coral
Coral Limestone (a type of biogenic sedimentary rock)
Chert
Chert (microcrystalline quartz)
River Pebble Gravel
Hydrothermally modified Clastic Sediment (mainly Quartzite and Chert)
River Pebble (Quartz-rich)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
River Pebble (Gravel)
Clastic sedimentary rock (likely Siltstone or Mudstone pebble; SiO2 with various impurities)
Chert (White Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Hematite (Botryoidal/Kidney Ore)
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Red Jasper (Brecchiated Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Chert (Field Stone)
Microcrystalline / Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Iron oxide concretion (contains FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Stromatolite
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (composed predominantly of CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Zebra Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Graphite-veined Quartzite
Meta-sedimentary Quartzite with Carbonaceous/Graphitic Inclusions (SiO2 + C)