Weathered granite fragment
Granite, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and mica
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly a conglomerate or coarse grained sandstone) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Weathered granite fragment
Granite, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and mica
Sandstone (with Calcite or Silica veins)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
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
Tumbled quartz-rich rock, likely granite or granitic gneiss
Granite/granitic gneiss; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspars, and minor mica/amphibole
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 dominant)
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
Sandstone
Sandstone (SiO2-rich detrital sedimentary rock)
Quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite (recrystallized quartz sandstone)
Granite (likely weathered granitic rock)
Granite; predominantly quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, and mica
Dark gneiss or migmatitic amphibolite
Band ed gneiss; composition likely quartz–feldspar–biotite/amphibole, possibly migmatite
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Weathered sandstone or iron-rich sedimentary cobble
Quartz-rich sandstone, possibly ferruginous sandstone
Orbicular rhyolite (orbicular jasper-like volcanic rock)
Orbicular rhyolite; predominantly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and volcanic glass, with concentric spherulitic growths
Weathered conglomeratic river cobble
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia, likely matrix-supported
Sandstone Grain
Clastic Sedimentary Rock Grain (SiO2 dominated)
Veined Pebble (likely a Quartz-Veined Pebble)
Pebble with Mineral Vein (e.g., Quartz Vein in a Chert/Mudstone Pebble)
Sandstone
Sandstone (SiO2-rich clastic sedimentary rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Unidentified dark, foliated metamorphic rock
Likely biotite schist or hornblende-bearing gneiss; exact identification requires testing
Weathered sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, likely dominated by quartz (SiO₂) with minor clay and iron-oxide staining
Brown beach pebble with iron-rich inclusion
Likely fine-grained sandstone or siltstone; inclusion possibly weathered ironstone/volcanic rock
Iron-stained quartzite (likely)
Quartz-rich quartzite, predominantly SiO₂, with iron-oxide staining
Likely quartz-rich rock fragment
Probably microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly a pale chert or quartzite fragment
Sandstone (Quartzite-rich)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Granite or granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica aggregate; possibly banded orthogneiss
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily composed of SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, possibly quartzite
Quartzite (mostly SiO₂), visually similar to chert or weathered quartz sandstone
Polished reddish-brown granite or granitic gneiss slab
Granite, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and mica; possibly foliated as gneiss
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Rounded river pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite
Indeterminate; probable quartz (SiO₂) with feldspar, iron-oxide staining, and minor lithic grains
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Small gray, fine-grained pebble (possibly a weathered sandstone or siltstone)
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Weathered limestone or calcareous sandstone
Calcite-dominated carbonate rock (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline SiO₂, possibly with mica or feldspar
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (SiO2 dominant)
Coarse-grained metamorphic rock, likely amphibolite or hornblende gneiss
Amphibolite; predominantly hornblende amphibole and plagioclase feldspar, possibly with quartz and biotite
Gneiss (likely biotite–quartz–feldspar gneiss)
Foliated gneiss; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, biotite, and possibly amphibole