Sandstone Pebble
Sandstone (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Category
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Sandstone Pebble
Sandstone (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Quartzite Sandstone / Quartz Sandstone
Quartz Sandstone (SiO2 with minor mineral impurities)
Shale or Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Brachiopod Fossil in Limestone
Phylum Brachiopoda (likely Order Spiriferida), CaCO3 (Calcite)
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock)
Shale with Trace Fossils
Fissile mudrock (Shale)
Sandstone
Arenite
Shale
Shale (Lutite)
Shale
Fissile mudstone (rich in clay minerals and quartz)
Shale
Fissile mudrock (composed primarily of clay minerals and quartz)
Quartz, Sandstone, and Siltstone specimens
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) and Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossil Imprint
Sedimentary Breccia
Breccia (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Sedimentary Breccia
Clastic Breccia (CaCO3/SiO2 matrix)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Jasper (Chert / Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
General Rock and Mineral Collection (Center: Angelite / Blue Anhydrite)
Anhydrite (Calcium Sulfate, CaSO4)
Sandstone
Arenite
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Sedimentary Outcrop (Sandstone/Shale)
Sedimentary bedrock formation (variable composition)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert / Flint Arrowheads
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Mixed Tumbled Gemstones (Agate, Aventurine, Pyrite, etc.)
Multiple (principally Silicon Dioxide SiO2 and Iron Disulfide FeS2)
Banded Sandstone (Zebra Stone)
Arenite with Iron Oxide Banding (Liesegang rings)
Sandstone with Ironstone Concretion
Arenite with Hematite/Goethite nodules (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH))
Sandstone
Sedimentary rock composed mainly of quartz sand
Fossiliferous Sandstone / Fossil Fragment
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Matrix with Indeterminate Fossil Material
Limonite Concretion
Limonite (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide) FeO(OH)·nH2O
Chert
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone with Quartz/Calcite druse
Arenite with druse (SiO2 or CaCO3)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or ferruginous siltstone
Clastic sedimentary rock, likely quartz-rich sandstone cemented by iron oxides (Fe₂O₃/Fe₃O₄)
Quartz-veined Sandstone Pebble
Quartzose Sandstone with Quartz Veinlets
Banded Sandstone (River Pebble)
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Shale
Fissile mudrock (composed of clay-sized particles and detrital grains)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone (primarily composed of phyllosilicate minerals like kaolinite, montmorillonite, and illite)
Shale
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily clay and silt minerals)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Shale or Siltstone
Fine-grained siliciclastic sedimentary rock