Chalcedony in Host Rock
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chalcedony in Host Rock
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Likely milky quartz with iron-oxide inclusions
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
River Pebble (Quartz/Sandstone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) Mix
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iron-stained weathered stone (tentative)
Undetermined; possibly weathered iron-rich basalt or concretion
Red Jasper with Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Basalt River Pebble (with Quartz Vein)
Basalt (Mafic Volcanic Rock)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Honey Calcite (Yellow Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Arrowhead/Tool variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled brown chalcedony (possibly carnelian or jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely iron-stained chalcedony
Dragon Vein Agate
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline Quartz), SiO2
Basalt with Quartz Vein and Weathering Crust
Amygdaloidal or Porphyritic Basalt
Wishing Stone (Basalt with Quartz Vein)
Basalt with Hydrothermal Quartz Infill (SiO2)
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-bearing metamorphic rock, likely garnet-mica schist
Quartz–mica schist with probable garnet and iron-oxide minerals
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper (with Quartz inclusion)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide impurities
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gozzan)
Iron-rich clastic sedimentary rock with Limonite/Goethite
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange chalcedony or weathered quartz pebble
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly iron-oxide-stained chalcedony
Quartz (Chalcedony / Rough Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Flint or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with chalcedony
Chert or chalcedony fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly jasper or agate
Vesicular basalt (possibly amygdaloidal basalt)
Basalt, chiefly plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and secondary mineral infillings
Small brown-gray mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered quartz-, feldspar-, or iron-oxide-bearing rock
Quartz (Milky/Common)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Quartz (Red Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline SiO₂, possibly iron-oxide stained
Brecciated jasper, possibly rainforest jasper
Jasper: microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂, commonly containing hematite, goethite, chlorite, epidote, and other iron- and manganese-bearing minerals
Siltstone/Sandstone (possibly Wonderstone or Picture Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Greywacke with Quartz Veins
Lithic Sandstone (Greywacke) with SiO2 inclusions
Jasper with Epidote Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Aluminum Iron Silicate (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Quartz (Milky or Common Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mixed Mineral Assortment (Pyrite, Kyanite, Agate, Jasper)
FeS2 (Pyrite), Al2SiO5 (Kyanite), SiO2 (Agate/Jasper)
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss
Granite; predominantly quartz, feldspar, and mica, possibly altered to gneiss