Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Browse sedimentary (secondary mineral formation) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt with Vesicular Surface
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Pink Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety Agate
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace amounts of iron and titanium)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Red Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Calcite (likely a tumbled specimen)
Calcite (CaCO 3 )
Quartz Geode (likely within Limestone or Dolomite matrix)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Cinnabar
Cinnabar (HgS)
Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Pink Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock)
Quartz Druzy on Matrix (with Copper Mineralization)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chrysocolla (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·n H2O)
Prehnite
Prehnite - Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium traces)
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic Sandstone (SiO2 - Quartz-dominant)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Sandstone Pebble (Quartzite-rich)
Clastic Terrigenous Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 dominant)
Chrysocolla in Quartz (Gem Silica)
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (Chrysocolla) / SiO2 (Quartz)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Vesicular Basalt (Scoria)
Basalt (Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Prase Quartz on Feldspar
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with Hedenbergite inclusions on Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Geode (Unopened)
Silica Concretion / Geode (Formula: SiO2 for quartz internal contents)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Carnelian
Chalcedony (SiO2) with Iron Oxide impurities
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation (composed primarily of Hematite [Fe2O3], Magnetite [Fe3O4], and Chert [SiO2])
Basalt
Mafic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine)
Basalt with Epidote Veins
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt)
Fluorite (often referred to casually as 'Fluorspar' in industrial contexts)
Fluorite (CaF2)
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Inclusions
Amygdaloidal Basalt (SiO2 / CaCO3 inclusions)
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (Felsic)
Banded Chert (River Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pearl
Aragonite (CaCO3 with conchiolin)
Fuchsite
Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Banded Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with microcrystalline quartz
Chert (Agatized/Chalcedony variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic Extrusive)