Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Green Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Green Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Red Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Green Aventurine and Clear Quartz
Aventurine (variety of Quartz - SiO2) and Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Hagstone/Adder Stone)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Cherry Creek Jasper (also known as Red Creek Jasper or Cherry Creek Agate)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Chalcedony in Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (Iron-Stained)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide (microcrystalline quartz with iron oxide inclusions), SiO2
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Red Sandstone)
Arenite with Hematite/Limonite cement
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeOOH)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Banded Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral cement)
Quartzite with Chert inclusions
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock (SiO2)
Banded Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Amethyst Geode
Silicon Dioxide with trace inclusions of Iron (SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (milky quartz variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (FeO(OH)·nH2O / Fe2O3)
Chert (White-Tan variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) / Microcrystalline Quartz
Bumblebee Jasper
Fossiliferous Calcite containing Orpiment and Realgar
Orbicular Rhyolite (Rainforest Jasper)
Rhyolite containing Spherulites (SiO2 with impurities)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 with iron oxide cement)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 primary)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2
Gneiss
High-grade metamorphic rock (Gneiss)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (containing Potassium Feldspar and Quartz)
Milky Quartz (with trace inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)