Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Igneous Rock
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Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Limestone (Flagstone)
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz / Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Flint Conglomerate
Silicified Sedimentary Breccia (primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Vesicular Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Biogenic Fossils
Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Silicified Gastropod Fossil (Agatized Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class) preserved in Chalcedony/Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Brachiopod Shell / Mold
Phylum Brachiopoda (Fossilized organic matrix replaced by Silica/Calcite)
Sandstone Pebble
Sandstone (primarily SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Green Fuchsite and Quartz
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 (Chromium-rich Muscovite)
Chert (Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pale green tumbled mineral fragment, likely serpentine or green calcite
Probable serpentine-group mineral (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4) or, less likely, calcite (CaCO3); identification is uncertain from the photograph
Quartz Breccia with Iron Staining
Tectonic or Sedimentary Breccia (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Vesicular Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, composed mainly of calcite (CaCO₃)
Fossilized Bone (Petrified Bone)
Permineralized Bone Fossil
Chert (Chalcedony/Agate)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Limestone with Fossil inclusions
Fossiliferous Limestone (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Weathered limestone or calcareous sandstone
Likely micritic limestone (calcite, CaCO₃), possibly carbonate-rich sandstone
Brecciated Chert with Quartz Veining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) Breccia
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 with Limonite/Goethite staining)
River Pebble (Granitic / Quartzite Pebble)
Quartz-Feldspar Aggregate (SiO2 / KAlSi3O8)
Basalt Pebble (Beach Pebble)
Mafic Volcanic Rock (Basalt)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Polymictic breccia, possibly volcanic breccia
Polymictic clastic breccia; likely a matrix-supported breccia containing lithic fragments, quartz, feldspar, and dark mafic minerals
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)