Shale or Siltstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Variable mineral composition including quartz and clay minerals)
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Browse sedimentary rock (possibly a conglomerate or coarse grained sandstone) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Shale or Siltstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Variable mineral composition including quartz and clay minerals)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Slate
Slate (Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Granitoid (Granite/Diorite)
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphiboles)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite (Iron-stained)
Quartzite (SiO2 with Fe-oxides)
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Granite Cobble
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Moqui Marble (Shaman Stone)
Iron Oxide Concretion (Hematite/Goethite shell with Sandstone core)
Sandstone (Picture Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Quartzite with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fe2O3 impurities
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite with Garnet
Garnetiferous Quartzite (SiO2 + X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Marble
Marbles are primarily composed of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3) or dolomite (calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO3)2).
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Quartz Vein in River Siltstone
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) in Siliclastic Matrix
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone (composed primarily of CaCO3)
Red Quartzite / Ferruginous Sandstone
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Pyrite (on Shale/Matrix)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (pronounced "nice")
Banded Slate (Lithified Mudstone)
Low-grade Metamorphosed Mudstone / Slate
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Limonite Concretion
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide) FeO(OH)·nH2O
Ironstone Concretion (Iron-rich Mudstone)
Siderite / Geothite concretion (FeCO3 / FeO(OH))
Quartzite River Pebble
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Black Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Granite
Granite (Felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite (Iron-stained)
Quartzite (mostly SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Banded)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartz-veined Mudstone or Argillite
SiO2 (Quartz) in Siltstone/Mudstone matrix
Sandstone (Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite (Quartz-rich Cobble)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite with Feldspar
Quartzite (mainly SiO2) with inclusions of Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Red Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)