Pumice or Tuff
Pumice / Tuff
Category
Browse sedimentary or igneous fragment specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Pumice or Tuff
Pumice / Tuff
Brick fragment (Man-made material)
N/A (Fired clay)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet.
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (CaCO3)
Sedimentary Breccia
Clastic Breccia (CaCO3/SiO2 matrix)
Quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite fragment
Likely quartz arenite; possibly weakly metamorphosed quartzite (mostly SiO₂)
Quartz Druzy (Geode Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded iron formation fragment (likely hematite–magnetite ironstone)
Banded iron formation; chiefly hematite (Fe₂O₃), magnetite (Fe₃O₄), and microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Sea Glass (Frosted Glass Fragment)
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic Sediment)
Jasper in Calcite / Brecciated Jasper
Silicon dioxide with calcium carbonate (SiO2 with CaCO3)
Sandstone (Red)
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxide cement)
Coquina
Coquina (Bioclastic Limestone)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina-like)
Biogenic Limestone
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Sedimentum arenaceum
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Calclutite / Bio-calcarenite (CaCO3)
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Likely weathered quartz-rich stone or fossil fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz-bearing sandstone, iron-stained quartz, or a fragmentary fossil
Breccia
Breccia
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Druzy Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3 with organic inclusions)
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Coquina (composed primarily of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Breccia
Breccia (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Pebble (likely a type of sandstone or quartzite pebble)
Clastic Sediment (specifically, a rudite-sized clast). If the pebble is composed of a specific rock type, its scientific name would be that rock type (e.g., 'Quartzite pebble', 'Granite pebble', 'Chert pebble'). Given its appearance, it is likely a metamorphic quartzite pebble or a hard sandstone pebble.
Breccia
Breccia - Clastic sedimentary rock
Coquina
Coquina (a type of limestone)
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Breccia
Breccia (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone containing marine invertebrate fossils
Coprolite
Coprolite (fossilized feces)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, CaCo3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Pink calcite (likely)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Pyrite (iron pyrite)
Iron sulfide, FeS₂; commonly called fool’s gold
Milky Quartz / Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Terracotta (Man-made ceramic brick fragment)
Baked clay / High-iron ceramic (Silicate-based ceramic)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Detrital sedimentary rock)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a sedimentary or igneous host
Brown Sandstone (River Rock)
Arenite