Wishing Stone (Quartz-veined Sedimentary Pebble)
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz vein (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Wishing Stone (Quartz-veined Sedimentary Pebble)
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz vein (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Psephite)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Rock (Paraconglomerate)
Quartz Veinated Sandstone or Siltstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a clastic sedimentary matrix
Likely weathered iron-rich quartz or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly limonite/goethite stained
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly vein quartz
Quartz-rich rock; predominantly silicon dioxide (SiO₂), exact rock type uncertain from the photograph
Vein-bearing sandstone or quartzite cobble
Quartz-rich sandstone with white quartz veins; possibly metamorphosed to quartzite
Conglomerate
Conglomeratic Sandstone
Quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite with iron-oxide staining
Polished leopard jasper (likely orbicular/rhyolitic jasper)
Silicified volcanic rock, mainly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and clay-rich inclusions
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gravel / Small Pebble
Rock Fragment (Gravel)
Iron-rich breccia or weathered ironstone
Goethite–hematite-bearing ferruginous rock, possibly limonite
Carnelian (reddish chalcedony) with iron-stained host rock
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Purple Conglomerate
Polymictic Conglomerate
Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Concrete or artificial stone core sample
Artificial conglomerate
Iron-rich breccia or hematite-bearing jasper
Hematite–quartz jasper (silica-rich ironstone), possibly brecciated
Quartz Vein in Sandstone
Quartz (SiO2) in Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate
Pebble Conglomerate / Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartz vein in dark host rock
Milky quartz (SiO₂) in an unidentified dark metamorphic host, possibly amphibolite or schist
Mixed rock and mineral specimen collection
Mostly undetermined from the photograph; apparent quartz-rich rocks, sandstone, granite/gneiss, and possibly iron-oxide-bearing specimens
Quartz-rich geode or vuggy quartz rock
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with minor iron oxides and possibly calcite or feldspar
Polished brecciated jasper (likely septarian or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron oxides and possibly calcite or other rock fragments
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely massive quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite or silicified rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock type)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dark mineral nodule with white veining
Possibly a calcite-veined manganese- or iron-rich concretion; exact identification requires testing
Dragonstone (Brecciated Basalt/Diabase with Epidote and Quartz)
Brecciated mafic igneous rock
Iron-stained quartz or quartz-rich fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly with limonite/goethite staining
Sandstone with Quartz Vein
Arenite with Quartz (SiO2) protrusion
Gray quartz-rich stone (possibly quartzite)
Quartzite, composed primarily of quartz (SiO₂); identification is uncertain from the image
Iron-rich breccia or weathered limonite-bearing rock
Goethite–limonite ironstone, possibly ferruginous breccia
Quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly massive vein quartz
Iron-stained quartz-rich breccia
Quartz vein breccia with limonite/goethite staining; exact identification requires testing
Wishing Stone (Quartz Vein in Greywacke / Basalt)
Quartz vein in host rock (e.g. Meta-basalt or Greywacke)
Uncertain dark-and-white rock fragment
Likely a mixed lithic specimen, possibly quartz-bearing granite or ore; exact identification is not possible from the photograph
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely milky quartz (SiO₂), possibly a quartz-rich vein fragment
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary rock containing rounded clasts)
White quartz fragment (probable)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz-rich rock, possibly milky quartz with iron staining
Predominantly quartz (SiO₂); exact rock type cannot be confirmed visually