Puddingstone (specifically Gowganda Tillite or St. Joseph Island Puddingstone)
Jasper Conglomerate
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Puddingstone (specifically Gowganda Tillite or St. Joseph Island Puddingstone)
Jasper Conglomerate
Quartz Vein in Greenstone
Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) with Chlorite/Epidote Schist host rock
Mixed River Pebbles and Rock Collection
Polymictic lithic conglomerate, sandstone, and quartz pebbles
Rounded reddish-brown pebble
Likely ferruginous sandstone or iron-rich quartzite; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Jasper Conglomerate (Puddingstone)
Siliceous Conglomerate (Quartz and Jasper clasts in a fine-grained matrix)
Quartz in Greenstone
Metamorphic rock with quartz vein (SiO2 / mixed silicates)
Porphyritic polymictic breccia (likely volcanic breccia)
Volcanic breccia; probable polymictic andesite–dacite breccia with quartz/feldspar clasts
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Float/Abraded)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2) with impurities
Quartz-veined Siltstone
Siltstone with Quartz (SiO2) veins
Chert with Quartz Vein
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Rock (likely Quartz-rich)
Uncertain, likely a Metamorphic Rock (e.g., Gneiss or Schist) with prominent Quartz and other minerals
Quartz-rich granitic rock, possibly pegmatite
Granite/pegmatitic granite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and mica
Quartz Veined Siltstone or Graywacke
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Quartz (SiO2) veining
Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Mica/Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Phyllosilicates
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Quartz vein in metamorphic rock
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Host Rock
Quartz Vein in Rhyolite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in extrusive igneous rock
Milky quartz-bearing rock, possibly quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), likely in a quartzite or quartz-rich metamorphic matrix
Rose Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), specifically a variety of Quartz
Quartz Pebble (Quartzite Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green-and-gold apatite-bearing rock, possibly epidote skarn
Apatite-group mineral, commonly fluorapatite (Ca₅(PO₄)₃F), with probable epidote and quartz; exact identification requires testing
Vein Quartz in Basalt or Mafic Rock
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz veins in volcanic host rock)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Vein
Basalt (Mafic Volcanic Rock with secondary mineralization)
Quartz (Milky/Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Pebble with Quartz Veins
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Vein / Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz on Sandstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Lithic Sandstone
Quartz Vein in Hematitic Siltstone
Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) in Ferriferous Matrix
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Granite featuring Quartz Vein
Granite with hydrothermal silica (SiO2) intrusion
Breciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Puddingstone (Quartzite Conglomerate with Jasper inclusions)
Metaconglomerate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Greenish-gray quartz-rich rock, possibly weathered granite or quartzite
Provisional identification: quartz–feldspar aggregate; exact species cannot be confirmed from one photograph
Polished orbicular jasper / brecciated jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and clay-rich inclusions
Quartz Vein in Siltstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Sedimentary/Metamorphic Matrix
Quartz Vein in Basalt or Porphyry
Silicate-veined volcanic rock
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)