Quartz-rich rock fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony or quartz-bearing breccia
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz-rich rock fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony or quartz-bearing breccia
Polygenetic Conglomerate (or Breccia)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartz-Veined Sandstone
Quartz-veined Arenite
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or conglomeratic sedimentary cobble
Ferruginous sandstone, possibly polymictic conglomerate
Conglomerate with Quartz Inclusions
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock) with internal Quartz (SiO2)
Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Veined Pebble (Quartz/Calcite Veined Metamorphic/Sedimentary Rock)
Quartz / Calcite Veined Fault Breccia or Metamorphic Pebble
Vein-bearing sandstone or quartzite cobble
Quartz-rich sandstone with white quartz veins; possibly metamorphosed to quartzite
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock (detrital sedimentary)
Hydrothermal Quartz Breccia
Hydrothermal Breccia with Quartz and Chloritic/Epidote Clasts
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly chert or milky quartz
Mostly microcrystalline or crystalline quartz (SiO₂), identification uncertain from photograph
Shale with Vein Infillings
Shale (a fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock). The veins could be Calcite (CaCO3), Quartz (SiO2), or other minerals.
Quartz-rich breccia or quartzite with iron-oxide veining
Microcrystalline to granular SiO₂ (quartz), with hematite/goethite and minor feldspar or mica
Unidentified weathered rock, possibly quartz-bearing granite or rhyolite
Indeterminate; likely quartz–feldspar-rich silicate rock
Chalcedony Nodule in Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate (Quartz Pebble Conglomerate)
Quartz Pebble Conglomerate
Quartz-veined Sandstone
Sedimentary rock with quartz vein (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Vesicular quartz-rich rock, possibly weathered rhyolite or hydrothermal quartz
Likely quartz (SiO₂) with altered feldspar, iron oxides, and cavities; exact identification requires testing
Jasper and Quartz Breccia
Silicified Breccia (Quartz / Chalcedony / Hematite)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Clastic Rock)
Weathered limestone or calcitic cave deposit
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely porous limestone/travertine
Conglomerate
Conglomerative Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate)
Weathered quartz-rich cobble, possibly milky quartz with iron staining
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide/hydroxide coatings and minor host-rock inclusions
Milky Quartz with Mineral Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Likely weathered iron-rich rock
Probable basalt or limonite/goethite-stained mafic rock; exact identification requires testing
Weathered quartz-rich stone, possibly chalcedony or calcite
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃); exact identification requires testing
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Pale blue-gray quartz-rich pebble (tentative)
Quartz, SiO₂, possibly chalcedony or a weathered metamorphic fragment
Yellow jasper (likely ocean jasper or brecciated jasper)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining and dark mineral veins
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Pink-and-white quartz-rich rock, likely rose quartz matrix
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly intergrown with feldspar or chalcedony
Quartz crystal fragment in weathered host rock
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly in a feldspathic or iron-stained matrix
Chalcedony (possibly agate or common quartz)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Polished brecciated jasper (likely septarian or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron oxides and possibly calcite or other rock fragments
Conglomerate (Pebble Conglomerate)
Conglomerate
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or hydrothermal quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron oxides; exact host rock uncertain from the photograph