Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Category
Browse sedimentary (with some aspects of mineral replacement) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Banded Flint (Polished Stripe Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chert
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Jasper Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Detrital sedimentary rock)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Jasper (Red/Brown Variety)
Jasper (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (variously Flint or Jasper gravel)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (White Chert/Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Gneiss (with Quartz and Biotite Mica)
Gneiss
Shale (Ferruginous)
Laminated Mudrock (Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade, predominantly SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O)
Petoskey Stone (Petrified Favosites)
Favosites (extinct colonial coral), CaCO3 with Silica replacement
Jasper with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Stromatolite
Laminated biogenic sedimentary structure (formed by Cyanobacteria)
Green Jasper (with Quartz veining)
Jasper (Silica-rich microcrystalline variety of Quartz), formula: SiO2
Gneiss (specifically a weathered Amphibolite or Garnet Gneiss)
Gneiss (complex silicate composition)
Gossan with Copper Carbonate (Chrysocolla/Malachite)
Ferruginous Oxide (Gossan) with Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) or (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 (Chrysocolla)
Conglomerate (Red Sandstone variety)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomeratic Sandstone)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone (primarily composed of clay minerals and quartz grains)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Chert
Chert (microcrystalline quartz)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Sandstone
Arenite with Liesegang banding
Sandstone with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Hematite)
Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 with FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Chert (Arrowhead Fragment)
Chert / Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fancy Jasper (Agate/Chert mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Jasper (specifically a banded or dark variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint/Novaculite)
Chert (formula: SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint or Gray Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (with Ironstone Cortex)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (varietal: Flint or River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or River Rock)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Quartz Variety)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)