Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Iron-rich breccia or weathered ironstone
Goethite–hematite-bearing limonite, possibly with quartz and altered rock fragments
Quartz-rich river pebble, possibly quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); possibly quartzite, a rock composed predominantly of recrystallized quartz
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished orbicular jasper or rhyolitic jasper
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), likely jasper with contrasting mineral veins
Possible weathered metal-rich rock or slag fragment
Uncertain; possibly iron-oxide-rich breccia or industrial slag
Likely milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide or mica inclusions
Quartz-rich pegmatitic rock with possible epidote or chlorite
Hydrothermal/pegmatitic quartz-bearing rock; identifiable minerals may include quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and epidote/chlorite
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous iron-rich breccia/conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock containing lithic fragments and possible fossil or concretionary structures; iron oxides/hydroxides (hematite–goethite)
Puddingstone (Jasper Conglomerate)
Conglomerate (specific type: Jasper Conglomerate or Hertfordshire Puddingstone)
Rounded pebble, likely mixed lithology
Lithology uncertain; possibly a fine-grained metamorphic or volcanic rock with a quartz-rich/pink feldspar vein or inclusion
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly milky quartz in altered host rock
Milky quartz (SiO₂), with probable iron-oxide staining and a fine-grained host matrix
Vein-filled Sedimentary Rock
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz/calcite vein
Metaconglomerate
Metaconglomerate (Quartzite conglomerate)
Quartz-veined Mudstone or Argillite
SiO2 (Quartz) in Siltstone/Mudstone matrix
Conglomerate
Polymictic Conglomerate
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Milky Quartz in Conglomerate Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartz vein rock
Milky quartz with smoky quartz; chiefly silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with varying clasts)
Red Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Quartz-veined Siltstone/Greywacke
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Quartz Infill (SiO2 vein)
Puddingstone (Polished Pebble)
Conglomerate (Quartz-rich)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly chert or milky quartz
Mostly microcrystalline or crystalline quartz (SiO₂), identification uncertain from photograph
Likely quartz-bearing rock fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly with calcite or feldspar
Polymict conglomerate
Clastic conglomerate, likely polymictic pebble conglomerate
Jasper and Quartz Breccia
Silicified breccia (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with various lithic clasts)
Banded dark pebble (likely gneiss or banded metamorphic rock)
Indeterminate from the image; possibly banded gneiss
Quartz-rich pebble, possibly vein quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining and minor inclusions
Polished quartz-rich breccia
Quartz–feldspar breccia; predominantly SiO₂ with feldspar and iron-oxide minerals
Wishing Stone (Basalt or Siltstone with Quartz/Calcite Vein)
Basalt (SiO2+MgO+FeO) or Siltstone with a Quartz (SiO2) or Calcite (CaCO3) vein
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or quartz vein fragment
Quartzite (mostly microcrystalline SiO₂), identification uncertain from image
Foliated metamorphic rock, likely gneiss
Biotite–quartz–feldspar gneiss, possibly migmatitic gneiss
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Quartz (SiO2) in Mafic or Sedimentary Matrix
Quartz-rich vein fragment, possibly quartz with mica or calcite
Quartz (SiO₂), with probable muscovite/biotite mica and minor feldspar or calcite
Puddingstone
Conglomerate (Jasper Conglomerate)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz with iron staining
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly a quartz vein fragment
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or a pale quartzite fragment