Gabbro (likely with Pyrite/Sulfide mineralization)
Mafic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly a conglomerate or coarse grained sandstone) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Gabbro (likely with Pyrite/Sulfide mineralization)
Mafic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Iron-rich sandstone or weathered ironstone fragment
Ferruginous sandstone; chiefly quartz (SiO₂) cemented or stained by iron oxides such as hematite/goethite
Gneiss
High-grade regional metamorphic rock
Diorite (possibly Orbicular Diorite or Porphyritic Diorite)
Intermediate Phaneritic Igneous Rock
Banded gneiss (likely biotite-rich gneiss)
Gneiss; chiefly quartz, feldspar, biotite, and possibly hornblende
Weathered limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (mostly CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Polymict conglomerate with quartz/calcite matrix)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Banded Sandstone
Quartz-rich Arenite Sandstone
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2, CaCO3 dominant)
Chert or flint nodule/fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with chalcedony
Breccia
Clastic Breccia (SiO2/CaCO3 dominated)
Tumbled reddish-brown pebble, likely sandstone or iron-rich quartzite
Probable ferruginous sandstone (quartz-rich; SiO₂ with iron oxides), possibly quartzite
Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Arenite with Limonite/Hematite staining
Sandstone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock
Weathered brown sandstone or quartzite cobble
Indeterminate sandstone; possibly quartz-rich quartzite
Granite Gneiss
Metamorphic Rock (Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, Plagioclase, Biotite/Amphibole)
Quartzite / Sandstone
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Rounded gray pebble, possibly limestone or quartzite
Uncertain; likely micritic limestone (calcite, CaCO₃) or fine-grained quartzite (quartz, SiO₂)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline SiO₂, possibly with mica or feldspar
Tumbled brown mineral pebble, possibly jasper or weathered quartzite
Indeterminate from the blurred image; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) if jasper, or quartzite dominated by quartz
Coarse Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Conglomerate
Polymictic Conglomerate
Weathered sandstone or iron-rich sedimentary fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone, possibly ferruginous sandstone (SiO₂-dominant)
Shale (possibly)
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (foliated metamorphic rock)
Quartz Pebble (Quartzite Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Breccia
Brecciated Chert (Sedimentary Rock)
Breccia
Clastic Breccia (General mineral composition depends on fragments, often SiO2 or CaCO3)
Dark mafic igneous rock, likely basalt or gabbro
Basaltic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and iron-oxide minerals
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (SiO2-rich metamorphic rock)
Coarse-grained Granite
Granitoid (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Likely quartz-rich metamorphic rock (quartzite or milky quartz)
Quartzite; predominantly quartz (SiO₂), possibly with feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Conglomerate (River Rock)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Granite or Pegmatite with Quartz and Feldspar
Granitoid
Likely tumbled sandstone or limestone
Quartz-rich sandstone (possibly calcarenite/limestone)
Rounded gray river cobble
Likely fine-grained sandstone, siltstone, or metamorphosed equivalent; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Breccia
Breccia
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone Conglomerate fragments)
Ferruginous clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 cemented by Fe2O3)
Quartzite (or Quartz Rich Conglomerate)
Quartzite (SiO2 silicon dioxide)
Puddingstone (Gowganda Conglomerate)
Polymictic Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with jasper and quartz inclusions)