Rounded pink granite pebble
Granite, a coarse-grained felsic intrusive igneous rock composed primarily of quartz, feldspar, and minor mica or amphibole
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Rounded pink granite pebble
Granite, a coarse-grained felsic intrusive igneous rock composed primarily of quartz, feldspar, and minor mica or amphibole
Milky quartz (rough quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Weathered sandstone or tuff fragment
Likely quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂) or porous volcanic tuff; exact identification requires testing
Weathered sandstone or limestone fragment
Indeterminate clastic carbonate/siliciclastic rock; likely quartz-rich sandstone or porous limestone
Sandstone (Greywacke)
Arenite / Wacke (Mainly SiO2 with various lithic fragments)
Chert (potentially worked flint)
Cryptocrystalline microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Field-collected Arrowhead-shaped Fragment)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Druzy Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered sandstone or iron-stained quartz-rich river cobble
Quartz-rich sandstone; predominantly SiO₂ with iron-oxide staining
Oolitic Limestone
Oosparite / Oolitic Calcarenite (CaCO3)
Chert (variously identified as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dark flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called flint when dark and nodular
Weathered flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
Septarian Nodule (Micro-fragment)
Septarian Nodule / Concretion (CaCO3 + CaMg(CO3)2 + Quartz)
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss slab
Granitic rock, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and mica; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Oolitic Limestone (Egg Stone)
Oolite (Chemical sedimentary rock, primarily CaCO3)
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or lateritic rock
Ferruginous sandstone/laterite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides such as hematite and goethite
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or laterite fragment
Ferruginous sandstone, chiefly quartz (SiO₂) cemented or stained by iron oxides/hydroxides
Chert (White Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Honey calcite (orange calcite)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Conglomerate)
Bioclastic Limestone (composed primarily of CaCO3)
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Banded Iron Formation (Fragment)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Chert / Flint Nodular Fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Weathered sandstone or arkose fragment
Quartz-rich clastic sedimentary rock; likely sandstone/arkose (dominantly SiO₂ quartz with feldspar and lithic grains)
Desert Rose Fragment (Atypical) / Weathered Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Barium Sulfate (BaSO4) depending on exact mineralogy
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock / CaCO3 with fossil fragments
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Coquina)
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland Cement Composite
Limestone with Fossil
Sedimentary limestone, calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (primarily CaCO3 with fossil fragments)
River Pebble
Siliceous rock fragment / Quartzite / Sandstone pebble
Pebble
Lithic fragment (Quartzite or general rock pebble)
Likely quartz-rich mineral fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained or included quartz
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Eroded)
Carcharodon sp. or Otodus sp. fragment (likely)
Conglomerate
Pebble Conglomerate / Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartz (likely Yellow/Orange variety, possibly Citrine or Chalcedony with iron staining)
Quartz (SiO₂)