Rounded brown cobble, likely weathered sandstone or iron-rich sedimentary rock
Indeterminate; possibly ferruginous sandstone or ironstone
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly a conglomerate or coarse grained sandstone) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Rounded brown cobble, likely weathered sandstone or iron-rich sedimentary rock
Indeterminate; possibly ferruginous sandstone or ironstone
Jasper Conglomerate (specifically Puddingstone)
Jasper Conglomerate (Siliceous sedimentary rock)
Concrete with Aggregate
Artificial Conglomerate (Cement and Aggregate)
Rounded river cobble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite
Indeterminate quartz-rich clastic rock; probable sandstone (SiO₂-rich)
Coarse Sandstone Pebble
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Graywacke
Lithic Sandstone (Graywacke)
Weathered quartz-rich granitoid (likely granite or granodiorite)
Granite–granodiorite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and minor mica/amphibole
Sedimentary Pebble
Sedimentary Rock Fragment
Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Greywhacke (River Pebble)
Graywacke (immature sandstone)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, likely sandstone or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂)-rich sandstone; possibly partially metamorphosed quartzite
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with mica and feldspar
Breccia
Breccia (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Metaconglomerate
Metaconglomerate (Quartzite conglomerate)
Light-colored weathered stone, possibly limestone or quartz-rich rock
Indeterminate; likely calcitic limestone (mostly CaCO₃) or quartz sandstone (SiO₂)
Quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite cobble
Quartz arenite; possibly weakly metamorphosed quartzite (SiO₂-dominant)
Puddingstone
Conglomerate
Siltstone/Sandstone (possibly Wonderstone or Picture Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Sandstone
Sandstone (composed primarily of sand-sized minerals or rock grains)
Rounded gray-brown river cobble
Indeterminate lithology; possibly weathered quartzite, chert, or fine-grained sandstone
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (derived from granitic protolith)
Puddingstone (Jasper Conglomerate)
Conglomerate (specific type: Jasper Conglomerate or Hertfordshire Puddingstone)
Puddingstone
Conglomerate
Tumbled quartz-rich rock, likely granite or granitic gneiss
Granite/granitic gneiss; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspars, and minor mica/amphibole
Granite / Arkosic Sandstone (Coarse Igneous or Sedimentary Aggregate)
Granite / Quartz-Feldspar Aggregate
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Conglomeratic volcanic breccia
Lithic volcanic breccia, likely andesitic or basaltic
Granite (possibly granitic gneiss)
Felsic plutonic rock dominated by quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, biotite and/or hornblende
Quartz on Sandstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Lithic Sandstone
Fossiliferous Sandstone / Fossil Fragment
Fossiliferous Sedimentary Matrix with Indeterminate Fossil Material
Quartz (with inclusions / Sandstone fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Rounded dark pebble, possibly weathered basalt
Fine-grained mafic volcanic rock; likely basalt, but identification is uncertain from the photograph
Iron-rich sandstone or ferruginous quartzite
Hematite/goethite-bearing quartz sandstone; possibly weakly metamorphosed to quartzite
Weathered quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite
Quartzite (predominantly SiO₂), possibly strongly cemented sandstone
Weathered rock fragment (likely granite or quartz-rich sandstone)
Uncertain; possible granitic fragment containing quartz and feldspar
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly sandstone or quartzite
Likely quartzite (mostly SiO₂), though a granular sandstone is also possible
Sandstone
Arenite
Likely weathered river pebble
Indeterminate lithology; possibly fine-grained sandstone, siltstone, or chert
Gneiss (or Granite Gneiss)
Metamorphic rock rich in quartz, feldspar, and biotite/amphibole