Sandstone (with possibly iron oxides and other minerals)
Sandstone
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone (with possibly iron oxides and other minerals)
Sandstone
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein Pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Veined basalt (likely basalt with quartz/calcite vein)
Basalt, aphanitic mafic volcanic rock; vein minerals likely quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
Basalt (Vesicular or Porphyritic River Pebble)
Mafic Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic to Porphyritic Basalt)
Polished brecciated jasper
Jasper, opaque microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brecciated jasper with iron-oxide and dark silicate inclusions
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide inclusions
Quartz Druzy (Quartz Druse)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt with Quartz Veining
Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene) with SiO2 inclusions
Milky quartz (quartz-rich rock fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Jasper Conglomerate
Jasper-clast Conglomerate (SiO2)
Milky Quartz (with Iron staining)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Quartzite Pebble)
Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Beach Pebble (Basalt/Greywacke)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky quartz (likely weathered quartzite or quartz vein fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Slate/Schist
Milky Quartz with Chlorite/Amphibite Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various mineral inclusions
Milky quartz (likely weathered quartz vein)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Jasper pebble with vein quartz cross-cutting fractures
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Quartz Vein in Schist / Gneiss Metamorphic Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in metamorphic schist host rock
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly granite or pegmatite fragment
Uncertain; likely quartz–feldspar aggregate, potentially granitic pegmatite
Quartz (likely Milky Quartz)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Chert / Flint Tool
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Iron Oxide
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fe2O3 inclusions
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Iron Oxides
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fe2O3 inclusions
Jasper (or possibly Agate/Chalcedony) beads
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Rounded pale quartz-rich pebble
Likely milky quartz or quartzite (SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Kyanite in Quartz
Al2SiO5 in SiO2
Chert Pebble (with Quartz Vein)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silica - SiO2)
Yellow calcite crystal cluster with calcite fragment
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Red jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Milky Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite with quartz
Pyrite (FeS₂) with quartz (SiO₂), possibly minor chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite
Copper iron sulfide (CuFeS2)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Basalt with hydrothermal vein infill
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-bearing jasper