Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Basalt with hydrothermal vein infill
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Basalt with hydrothermal vein infill
Chalcedony (specifically Agate and Carnelian variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-bearing jasper
Polished brecciated jasper
Jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-rich breccia
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss (with Granite/Pegmatite Vein)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss)
Basalt with Quartz Vein
Basaltic rock with hydrothermal SiO2 filling
Quartz (Milky or Smoky)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Tumbled Quartz (Dragon's Vein Agate/Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Quartzite with Quartz Veining
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper Conglomerate (Puddingstone)
Silicified Conglomerate (SiO2 with inclusions)
Quartz Pebble
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic carbonate rock, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Matrix / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
Quartz (on matrix)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO₂)
Weathered chert or jasper nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony/jasper with iron-oxide staining
Banded Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz: SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly sandstone or quartzite
Likely quartzite (mostly SiO₂), though a granular sandstone is also possible
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Puddingstone (Jasper Conglomerate)
Jasper Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Porphyritic Basalt
Amygdaloidal Porphyritic Basalt
Wishing Stone (Basalt/Metagreywacke with Quartz/Calcite Vein)
Veined Metasediment / Mafic Rock (SiO2 with Quartz vein)
Likely weathered brown quartz-bearing rock
Tentatively weathered granite or granitic gneiss; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Quartzite (with mineral vein)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Sandstone (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Druzy/Macro-crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Gravel
Polymictic gravel and pebble aggregate
Quartz Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Brecciated Jasper (Polished)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide Impurities
Quartz (in a rock matrix)
Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone with Calcite Veining
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky quartz with iron-oxide staining
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Uncertain small metallic-looking mineral/rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly galena-bearing rock or metallic slag
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)