Weathered quartz-rich pebble (tentative)
Likely quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, possibly iron-stained
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Weathered quartz-rich pebble (tentative)
Likely quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, possibly iron-stained
Jasper Breccia
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Brecciated Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartz Pebble (with Hematite/Feldspar Inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pale rounded quartz-rich pebble, likely quartzite
Quartzite (mostly microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly quartz-rich sandstone or vein quartz
Jasper-Quartz Conglomerate / Chert
Siliceous Sedimentary Rock (SiO2)
Exposed Aggregate Concrete (Pea Gravel)
Concrete with Siliceous Alluvial Gravels
Conglomerate
Conglomeratic Sandstone
Conglomerate
Sedimentary Conglomerate
Basalt with Quartz Vein
Mafic volcanic rock with hydrothermal SiO2 filling
Conglomeratic Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with concrete/human-made layer)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz/Feldspar grains)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) vein cutting through host rock
Vein Quartz in Basalt or Chert
Silica-veined dark lithic rock (Quartz veins in microcrystalline matrix)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, CaCo3)
Quartz Vein in Schist
Quartz (SiO2) in Pelitic Schist
Quartz / Common Opal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert with Quartz Vein
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite vein
Basalt (Mafic Igneous Rock)
Breciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Quartz-rich hydrothermal ore rock, likely gold-bearing quartz vein
Milky quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining and probable sulfide minerals; host rock may be schist or altered granite
River Pebble (Granite/Sandstone Pebble)
Rounded Quartz/Feldspar Gravel Clast
Quartz Crystal Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper with Quartz Veining
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with Quartz (SiO2) inclusions
Pale green translucent mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly fluorite, calcite, or glassy quartz
Weathered fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Biotite granite (weathered granitic rock)
Granite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and biotite mica
Metallic sulfide ore, likely pyrite-bearing rock
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly with chalcopyrite and quartz/host rock
River Gravel
Polymictic Gravel / Detrital Rock Aggregate
Red jasper (tumbled river pebble)
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Gravel and Pebbles
Unconsolidated rock fragments / detrital sediment
Hagstone (Adder Stone)
Chert or Sedimentary pebble with natural perforation
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate (Greenstone/Pebble Conglomerate)
Polymictic Conglomerate
Quartz-veined Basalt
Amygdaloidal or Porphyritic Basalt with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) vein
Puddingstone (Gowganda Tillite/Jasper Conglomerate)
Jasper Conglomerate (SiO2 primary composition)
Quartz Pebble (Water-worn Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Polymictic Conglomerate