Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary (secondary mineral formation) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gossan (with Limonite/Hematite coating)
Ferruginous Gossan (Fe2O3·nH2O / Fe2O3)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2, or Silicon Dioxide)
Dinosaur Fossil (Tyrannosaurus rex skull replica/specimen)
Tyrannosaurus rex (fossilized in permineralized sedimentary matrix)
Banded Iron Formation
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Brecciated Chert
Sedimentary Chert (SiO2) with Calc-Silicate mineralization
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Hematite (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Banded Limestone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Quartz (Milky Quartz / Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron impurities
Yellow Jasper
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide with Iron inclusions), SiO2
Chrysocolla in Cuprite
(Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 · nH2O (Chrysocolla) and Cu2O (Cuprite)
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Calamites (Fossilized Horsetail)
Calamites suckowii (Family: Calamitaceae)
Chert (Flint / Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Sandstone (River Rock)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone / Quartzite
Sedimentary quartz arenite
Carnelian Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Carnelian
Carnelian (variety of Chalcedony, SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in a Secondary Sedimentary/Volcanic cavity
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Pitted Sedimentary Rock / Cupstone
Sedimentary rock with weathering pit (arenite / sandstone)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe2O3 enriched)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (Hydrous ferric oxides), generic formula FeO(OH)·nH2O
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (with Goethite/Limonite cement)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Yellow Ochre)
Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium)
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Limestone with Chert Nodule
Carbonate rock (CaCO3) with Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) inclusion
Moqui Marble
Hematite Concretion (Iron Oxide Concretion)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cementation)
Limestone with Calcite Veining
Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)