Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly a conglomerate or coarse grained sandstone) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Banded Sandstone (Differential Weathering)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion with Fossil Wood
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion (SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Argillaceous Shale
Fossiliferous Chert (with Brachiopod or Mollusk fragments)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) inclusions
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Muscovite, and Illite)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide based crypto-crystalline Quartz with Iron inclusions)
River Quartz Pitting / Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Orange Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (SiO2 with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Druzy Quartz on Matrix (likely Limestone or Sandstone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various trace impurities
Slate
Slate (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock typically composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
River Stone / Siltstone
Siltstone (composed of lithified silt)
Red Shale
Lutite (primarily composed of Hydrous Aluminum Silicates with Hematite staining)
Quartz Veined Siltstone or Graywacke
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Quartz (SiO2) veining
Quartz-veined Siltstone
Siltstone with Quartz (SiO2) veins
Limestone
Sedimentary rock composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Moqui Marble (Shaman Stone)
Ironstone Concretion (Fe2O3) - primarily Hematite or Goethite shell with Sandstone core
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic quartz wacke or arenite
River Pebble (likely Quartzite or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ironstone (Limonitic Shale)
Ferruginous Siltstone / Goethite-rich Sedimentary Rock
Quartz Veinated Sandstone or Siltstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a clastic sedimentary matrix
Banded Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Bauxite / Iron-rich Laterite
Laterite (principally Al(OH)3, Fe2O3, and SiO2)
Orbicular Rhyolite (Rainforest Jasper)
Rhyolite containing Spherulites (SiO2 with impurities)
Shale
Fissile mudrock (composed of clay-sized particles and detrital grains)
Quartz (likely tumbled or naturally water-worn)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone (with ripple marks)
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Pink Quartz (Inclusion-rich Quartzite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with Iron Oxide / Hematite inclusions
Concretion or Geode (unbroken)
Varied (depending on mineral composition and cementing agent). For quartz-lined geodes, the scientific name of the dominant mineral would be Quartz (SiO2). For calcite-lined geodes, Calcite (CaCO3). Concretions are often composed of cryptocrystalline quartz (chert), calcite, or iron oxides.
Jasper (Red Jasper with Quartz veins)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble (Beach Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Basalt River Stone
Basalt (Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Iron-potassium phyllosilicate mineral: (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)