Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (specifically a chemical sedimentary rock, or a chert if considered purely mineral aggregate) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Weathered Basalt with Iron Staining
Mafic Igneous Rock
Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Goethite)
Chert (White Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Common Opal/Chalcedony mixture)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper based on color)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Breccia
Clastic Breccia (SiO2/CaCO3 dominated)
Sandstone (Ferruginous/Banded)
Clastic Terrigenous Sandstone (SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Chert (often called Flint for darker varieties)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Red Sandstone (Old Red Sandstone Pebble)
Arenite with iron oxide (Fe2O3) cement
Ironstone Concretion (Nutstone)
Ironstone (with High Limonite/Hematite Content)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (high-grade metamorphic rock primarily of quartz, feldspar, and mica)
Concretion (Sandstone)
Sandstone Concretion
Basalt River Stone
Basalt
Chert (varietal: Flint or River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (specifically Jasper/Carnelian Agate)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Calcite (Yellow/Orange variety - sometimes called Honey Calcite)
Calcite
Geode (Unopened)
Chalcedony/Quartz Geode (SiO2)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (Aplitic Rock)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Ferruginous Arenite
Quartz (Milky/Bull Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock typically composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Mookaite Jasper
Radiolarite (Silicified radiolarian chert), SiO2
Fluorite with Quartz coating
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Geode (Unopened)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in sedimentary vugs
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz in Matrix (possibly with Biotite or Hornblende)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) in Granitic Matrix
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrous ferric oxide)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble (Quartz-rich)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
Riverstone (Quartzite or Siltstone cobble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Feldspathic Gneiss (Granite Gneiss)
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)