Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide staining and other pale gangue minerals
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide staining and other pale gangue minerals
Jasper and Quartz Breccia
Silicified Breccia / Microcrystalline Quartz
Weathered polymictic conglomerate or breccia
Polymictic conglomerate/breccia, likely iron-stained and quartz-bearing
Conglomerate
Polymictic clast-supported conglomerate, likely ferruginous
Conglomeratic breccia
Clast-supported polymictic conglomerate/breccia, cemented by silica- or carbonate-rich matrix
Sedimentary Breccia
Clastic Breccia (CaCO3/SiO2 matrix)
Breccia
Polymictic volcanic breccia (likely basaltic-andesitic matrix)
Brecciated jasper with quartz veins
Silica-rich breccia; predominantly microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining
Conglomerate
Clast-supported polymictic conglomerate
Quartz-bearing polymictic conglomerate
Conglomerate with milky quartz clasts; composition may include quartzite and weathered feldspathic/mafic rock fragments
Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide staining and attached host rock
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or silicified breccia
Quartzite (predominantly SiO₂); exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Chert breccia
Sedimentary Breccia (Microcrystalline Quartz)
Tumbled polymict breccia (probable quartz-rich breccia)
Clastic breccia composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and iron-oxide-stained rock fragments
Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with varying mineral inclusions (Iron Oxide, Hematite, Clay)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or ferruginous conglomeratic rock
Ferruginous sandstone, likely hematite/goethite-bearing quartz sandstone
Chert Breccia
Brecciated Chert
Weathered conglomerate pebble
Polymictic conglomerate, likely quartz- and feldspar-rich clasts in a cemented matrix
Chert / Flint Conglomerate
Silicified Sedimentary Breccia (primarily SiO2)
Jasper and Quartz Breccia
Silicified Breccia (SiO2)
Conglomerate (Asphaltic/Anthropogenic)
Clastic sedimentary rock / Bituminous mixture
Quartz-rich conglomeratic breccia
Polymictic clast-supported conglomerate/breccia, dominated by quartz and feldspar
Chert Conglomerate (or Breccia)
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (variety: Ferruginous Chert Breccia)
Conglomerate (Puddingstone)
Conglomerate (specifically, clastic sedimentary rock)
Chert nodule in sandstone or iron-stained host rock
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/flint
Weathered conglomeratic river cobble
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia, likely matrix-supported
Breccia (likely quartz-cemented polymict breccia)
Clastic breccia; chiefly angular quartz/feldspar or carbonate clasts in a silica- or carbonate-rich matrix
Conglomeratic basalt (rounded volcanic breccia/pebble)
Basaltic conglomerate or polymict volcanic breccia; predominantly plagioclase–pyroxene basalt with lighter felsic or weathered clasts
Conglomerate (pebble conglomerate)
Clastic conglomerate; quartz- and feldspar-rich clasts in a dark, iron-stained matrix
Weathered breccia or hydrothermal vein rock
Silicified polymict breccia, likely quartz–iron-oxide breccia
Volcanic breccia or conglomeratic volcanic rock
Lithic volcanic breccia; possibly andesitic–basaltic matrix with feldspar-rich clasts
Red jasper-bearing breccia (probable)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide coloration, in a brecciated host
Weathered quartz-rich metamorphic rock, possibly quartzite or vein quartz
Quartzite / massive quartz (SiO₂), identification uncertain from photograph
Pale quartz-rich stone, possibly calcite
Likely quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃); image resolution prevents confident separation
Polymict conglomerate with a projecting pebble
Conglomerate; clast-supported polymict conglomerate, dominated by quartz/feldspar and lithic fragments in a cemented matrix
Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Brecciated quartzite (likely iron-stained quartz vein material)
Quartzite; predominantly quartz (SiO₂), with dark iron/manganese-oxide or mica-rich seams
Quartz Breccia with Iron Staining
Tectonic or Sedimentary Breccia (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Quartz-bearing iron-stained breccia
Brecciated quartz/quartzite with iron oxides, chiefly SiO₂ with hematite/goethite and possible feldspar or host-rock fragments
Polygenetic Conglomerate (or Breccia)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Conglomerate
Iron-rich breccia, possibly hematite/goethite-bearing
Hematite (Fe₂O₃) and goethite (FeO(OH)) in a silica-rich breccia matrix