Shale
Mudstone (composed primarily of clay minerals like kaolinite, illite, and smectite, with quartz and calcite)
Category
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Shale
Mudstone (composed primarily of clay minerals like kaolinite, illite, and smectite, with quartz and calcite)
Sandstone (Water-worn pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Sandstone
Arenite
Quartz Druzy
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3 oxides)
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Dalmation Jasper (or Dalmation Stone)
Dalmation Stone (composed of Perthite, Quartz, and Arfvedsonite)
Sandstone (with carbonaceous plant fragments)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Small red-brown mineral or rock fragment
Unidentified; possibly iron-oxide-rich jasper, garnet, or weathered sulfide
Sandstone
Arenite (predominantly SiO2 with iron oxides)
Coal
Bituminous or sub-bituminous coal (carbonaceous rock)
Fossil Coral
Tabulate Coral (potentially Favosites or Calapoecia)
Gastropod Steinkern (Internal Mold Fossil)
Gastropoda (Class); Internal mold or 'Steinkern' composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Sedimentary matrix
Quartz-veined Sandstone Pebble
Quartzite-veined Arenite
Travertine
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone Pebble
Sandstone (Silicon dioxide-rich clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone (likely Greywacke or Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite / Wacke
Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (predominantly SiO2 quartz grains)
Quartz (Druzy)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Sandstone with Quartz Vein
Arenite with SiO2 intrusion
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Quartz-Feldspar Plutonic Rock
Sandstone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Class Bivalvia (fossilized)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Selachii (fossilized dentition)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Limonite/Goethite staining)
Iron-rich rock or Concretion
Ironstone or Limonite concretion
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone Pebble / Quartzite Pebble
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide enriched sedimentary rock)
Chert Pebble
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert / Flint Arrowheads
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion
Sandstone
Arenite
Travertine (or Calcareous Tufa)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz-veined Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock with hydrothermal quartz veins
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)