Tumbled smoky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), smoky variety
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Tumbled smoky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), smoky variety
Chert (Jasper/Common Opal mix)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt with Granite Inclusions (Xenolith)
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt) with Felsic Igneous Inclusion (Granite)
Specular Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Weathered sandstone
Quartz-rich clastic sandstone, commonly arkosic or feldspathic
Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered brown rock, likely iron-stained sandstone or chert
Indeterminate; probable quartz-rich sandstone/chert with iron-oxide staining
Rock Crystal Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Painted Rock
Artificial Coated Lithic Fragment
Generic Rock / River Pebble
Lithic fragment / Quartzite pebble
River Stone
Water-worn lithic fragment
River Pebble
Water-worn lithic fragment
Crescent Pebble
Weathered Quartzite or Sandstone Fragment
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Partial)
Elasmobranchii (fossil tooth fragment)
Weathered granite (likely biotite granite)
Granite; interlocking quartz, feldspar, and mica, commonly with biotite
Weathered pink granite fragment
Granite, chiefly quartz, potassium feldspar, and plagioclase feldspar with minor mica
Unidentified weathered rock fragment
Likely granitic or feldspathic rock; exact identification requires clearer imaging and testing
Gravel (likely Basalt or Greywacke)
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or a pale quartzite fragment
Biotite-bearing granite or granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–biotite aggregate; likely granite, possibly weathered gneiss
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Smooth river pebble
Indeterminate lithology; likely fine-grained quartz-rich sandstone, siltstone, or weathered chert
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Shell in Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Likely weathered granite or granitic pegmatite
Granite; mainly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and mica, with possible iron-oxide staining
Porphyritic Basalt (with Olivine or Quartz phenocryst)
Porphyritic Basalt (Mafic Extrusive)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Conglomerate (pebble-to-cobble gravel)
Polymictic conglomerate; clast-supported conglomerate in a sandy or silty matrix
Sandstone (Micaceous Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 with KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 inclusions)
Quartz-bearing metamorphic rock, likely garnet-mica schist
Quartz–mica schist with probable garnet and iron-oxide minerals
Tumbled polymict breccia (probable quartz-rich breccia)
Clastic breccia composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and iron-oxide-stained rock fragments
Weathered quartz-rich stone, possibly fossiliferous limestone
Indeterminate; likely calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃) or weathered quartz-bearing rock
Quartz Crystal Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Raw Garnet Fragment
Nesosilicate Group (e.g., Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Siltstone
Siltstone (composed of mixed silicate minerals and clay)
Oolitic Chert
Oolitic Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Clear)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Likely flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably flint/chert
Gray Limestone Fragment
Limestone (CaCO3)
Weathered basaltic rock fragment
Basalt, likely porphyritic or amygdaloidal basalt with weathered iron-oxide-rich zones
Weathered granitic boulder
Granite to granodiorite; quartz–feldspar–biotite rock