Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral cement)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (cryptocrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral cement)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Quartz Variety)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
River Quartzite Siltstone
Quartz-rich Meta-siltstone (SiO2 dominated)
Iron-stained Quartzite / Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
Quartz (likely a macrocrystalline variety like milky quartz or smoky quartz, given the appearance in the image)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Green Banded Chert (Agate/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities of Chlorite or Glauconite
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide coating)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Jasperoid)
Chert (chemically precipitated microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a nodule
Orbicular Rhyolite (Rainforest Jasper)
Rhyolite containing Spherulites (SiO2 with impurities)
Ocherous Sandstone (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Ferruginous Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Weathered Quartzite or Chert Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartz Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide: SiO2 with Iron oxide inclusions)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Rock (Paraconglomerate)
Quartz Geode/Cluster
Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sandstone with Tafoni Weathering
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Travertine' or 'Mexican Onyx')
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Red)
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 + various cementing minerals)
Quartz Geode (Smoky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Herkimer Diamond
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz with Fe2O3 staining)
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Geode form
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.
Quartz-veined Schist (or Metasandstone)
Metamorphic Rock with Quartz Veining (SiO2)
Micro-crystalline Quartz Pebble (Chert)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities)
Gneiss with Quartz/Feldspar Vein
Quartz-Feldspathic Gneiss
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (with Iron Oxides)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities