Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or red jasper)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or red jasper)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Small white mineral fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂), possibly calcite (CaCO₃)
Likely weathered quartz-rich rock fragment
Uncertain; possibly quartz-bearing granitic or metamorphic material (SiO₂-dominant)
Weathered basalt or volcanic breccia
Fine-grained mafic volcanic rock, likely basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene ± olivine), possibly brecciated
Conglomerate (Pebble Conglomerate)
Conglomerate
Quartz-bearing iron-rich rock, possibly quartzite or hydrothermal breccia
Quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides, likely limonite/goethite; exact host rock is uncertain from the photograph
Quartz-rich breccia or iron-stained quartzite
Silica-rich rock dominated by quartz (SiO₂), with minor iron oxides and possible feldspar
Quartz-rich pebble
Mostly quartz (SiO₂), possibly a quartzite or vein-quartz fragment
Breciated Limestone with Calcite Veins
Sedimentary Breccia (CaCO3)
Polished brecciated jasper
Brecciated jasper; microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide pigments and angular rock fragments
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or vein quartz
Quartzite (mostly SiO₂), but exact identification is uncertain from the image
Weathered quartz-rich pebble, possibly quartzite or chert
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Rock
Chert Breccia
Brecciated Chert (SiO2)
Quartz-veined Sandstone
Sedimentary rock with quartz vein (SiO2)
Quartz-bearing weathered rock, possibly quartzite or quartz vein fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide staining and likely feldspathic impurities
Polished agate or jasper cabochon
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, possibly brecciated or plume agate
Quartz-rich rock, possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); if quartzite, recrystallized quartz sandstone
Quartz-rich breccia or silicified breccia
Cryptocrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron oxides and dark lithic fragments; exact classification is uncertain from the photograph
Jasper-rich breccia (likely iron-stained jasper)
Silicified breccia composed mainly of microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with hematite/goethite and possibly iron-rich clay minerals
Iron-stained quartz-rich breccia (probable)
Hydrothermal quartz–iron oxide breccia; mainly SiO₂ quartz with iron oxides/hydroxides (hematite/goethite)
Small brown quartz-rich pebble, possibly chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), tentative
Quartz-rich rock fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony or quartz-bearing breccia
Quartz-Veined Sandstone
Quartz-veined Arenite
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or conglomeratic sedimentary cobble
Ferruginous sandstone, possibly polymictic conglomerate
Weathered quartz-rich rock fragment
Likely quartz-bearing vein rock, possibly quartzite or silicified breccia; exact identification requires testing
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Rock)
Polished banded pebble, likely quartz-veined chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chert/jasper with a quartz or chalcedony vein
Conglomerate with rounded carbonate clasts
Polymictic carbonate conglomerate; clasts likely limestone or coral-derived calcite (CaCO₃)
Weathered volcanic breccia
Pyroclastic volcanic breccia, likely andesitic or basaltic
Conglomerate
Conglomerate
Jasper and Quartz Breccia
Silicified Breccia (Quartz / Chalcedony / Hematite)
Tumbled brown translucent stone, likely quartz/jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chalcedony or jasper
Weathered sandstone or arkosic conglomeratic sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock, chiefly quartz and feldspar grains cemented by silica, calcite, or iron oxides
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or chert
Quartz (SiO₂), likely in a quartzite matrix; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Polymict conglomerate with quartz/calcite matrix)
Quartz-rich breccia or quartzite with iron-oxide veining
Microcrystalline to granular SiO₂ (quartz), with hematite/goethite and minor feldspar or mica
Conglomerate with Quartzite Pebbles
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate)
Puddingstone (specifically Michigan/Gowganda Puddingstone)
Conglomerate (Jasper Conglomerate)
Brecciated jasper (likely poppy jasper or mookaite-type jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide pigments and breccia fragments
Quartz-rich breccia or iron-stained quartz
Microcrystalline to crystalline quartz (SiO₂), with probable iron-oxide staining and minor host-rock fragments
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock