Chert (Gravel)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
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Chert (Gravel)
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Arkosic Sandstone
Arkose (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Crushed Limestone
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Gray Limestone Fragment
Limestone (CaCO3)
Chert (likely Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Gray/Tan Bedded Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered brown rock, likely sandstone or iron-rich quartzite
Indeterminate; probable quartz-rich sandstone (quartz, feldspar, iron oxides)
Weathered fine-grained stone, likely sandstone or quartzite
Quartz-rich sandstone (possibly weakly metamorphosed quartzite); predominantly SiO₂
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Mica (Muscovite)
Muscovite, KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Sandstone (with Chert/Quartzite)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Garnet in Matrix
Almandine or Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3) in Schist or Eclogite matrix
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Garnet Amphibolite (or Garnet Gneiss)
Garnet amphibolite / Garnet-bearing metamorphic rock
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Quartz Vein in Sandstone
Sandstone with Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone Clast
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Magnetite-rich ironstone (probable magnetite ore)
Magnetite, Fe₃O₄, likely in a fine-grained ironstone matrix
Pyrite
Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Pyrite (on the right) and Magnetite or Hematite (on the left)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) and Iron Oxide (Fe3O4 or Fe2O3)
Chert or chalcedony fragment (possibly agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Zebra Jasper
Opaque microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with impurities
K2 Jasper (K2 Granite)
Granite with Azurite inclusions (SiO2 + Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Porphyritic Rock (Dalmatian Stone)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3)
Banded Slate
Metamorphic Argillite / Slate
Moss-covered Limestone with Quartz/Calcite Pocket
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) rock with biological moss coating
Chert
Opaline or Microcrystalline Jasper/Chert (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Field Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (or Chalcedony) Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)