Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary or igneous (secondary formation) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond (in jewelry)
Carbon (C)
Jasper Breccia
Brecciated Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions, SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (Sedimentary rock composed of silicate grains)
Dolerite (Diabase)
Dolerite / Diabase
Magnetite (Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Basalt
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock
Sandstone (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Sedimentary Rock (Clastic)
Jasper (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Banded Agate (specifically Lace Agate type)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (a plutonic igneous rock)
Green Jasper (Agate-Jasper mixture)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Pink Dyed Agate (Pink Agate Slice)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Copper Ore (with Azurite and Malachite)
Cuprite, Azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2), Malachite (Cu2(CO3)(OH)2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Jasper/Flint pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Chert (includes Flint & Jasper)
Chert (Siliceous sedimentary rock, chemical formula SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Chert / Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained or Jasperoid)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (vuggy variety)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Green Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt
Basalt (Extrusive Mafic Igneous)
Botryoidal Goethite on Quartz
Goethite (α-Fe3+O(OH)) on Quartz (SiO2)
Orange Calcite (Dogtooth/Cluster)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Greenstone
Greenschist (composed of actinolite, chlorite, and epidote)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock, primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock composed primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2, with varying amounts of Calcite, Pyrite, and Sodalite).
Moonstone (bead form)
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8) - a variety of Orthoclase Feldspar
Granite (weathered pebble)
Granite (plutonic igneous rock)
Limonite-stained Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron hydroxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (and Fossilized Brachiopod shell)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Jasper or River Siltstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)