Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (likely a form of massive or vein quartz)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Banded gneiss (likely biotite-rich gneiss)
Gneiss; chiefly quartz, feldspar, biotite, and possibly hornblende
Weathered limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous or dolomitic
Wishing Stone (Sandstone with Quartz Vein)
Arenite with Quartzite intrusion (SiO₂)
Quartz-veined Limestone
Sedimentary limestone with hydrothermal quartz/calcite veins (CaCO3 / SiO2)
Quartz Vein Rock
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) within a host rock matrix
Quartz (Bull Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (Puddingstone style)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Sericite and Cinnabar
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with muscovite/sericite and mercury sulfide (HgS)
Rock Crystal Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Rounded gray river pebble, likely fine-grained sandstone or siltstone
Indeterminate clastic sedimentary rock; possibly quartz-rich sandstone or siltstone
Quartz Vein Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Basalt
Silica-infilled basaltic host rock
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Pebble with Quartz Veining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
River Cobble (likely Metasedimentary or Basalt)
Metamorphosed Siltstone or Altered Fine-grained Igneous Rock
Copper-bearing Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Quartz with Malachite/Chrysocolla staining
Quartz in Matrix (or Quartz Vein Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
Jasper
Jasper (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz (variety of colors)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Small rounded quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky or iron-stained quartz
Gabbro or Diorite with Quartz/Epidote Vein
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Plutonic)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Quartz (SiO2) in metamorphic host rock (likely schist or phyllite)
Quartz Vein in Granite Pebble
Granitic rock with Quartz (SiO2) vein intrusion
Gold-bearing Quartz Vein in Mafic Rock
Hydrothermal Quartz Vein within Greenschist/Amphibolite facies (SiO2 with Au)
Red jasper-like chalcedony pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Likely weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly smoky quartz or chert
Quartz (SiO₂), though exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Quartz Geode or Vein Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in matrix
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete (Anthropic Rock)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-veined metamorphic rock, likely greenschist or altered basalt
Chlorite–actinolite schist or metabasalt with a milky quartz vein
Quartzite
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Gneiss or Schist
Metamorphic rock with SiO2 vein
Chert (with Quartz vein)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Likely weathered gray stone or chert fragment
Uncertain; possibly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)-rich chert