Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (specifically a concretion or possibly a geode) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Geode (Chert/Quartz Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Likely fossiliferous limestone fragment
Calcareous fossil assemblage, chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly crinoid, bivalve, or bryozoan material in limestone
Quartz (possibly milky quartz)
Quartz (Silica; SiO₂)
Basalt Porphyry
Porphyritic Basalt
Agate
Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Chert (specifically Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Ironstone (Limonite/Goethite Concretion)
Ferruginous Sedimentary Rock (composed of Goethite FeO(OH) and Limonite)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock with Invertebrate Fossils
Weathered stone nodule or concretion
Unidentified lithic concretion; composition cannot be determined from the image
Basalt
Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock
Polymictic breccia, possibly volcanic breccia
Polymictic clastic breccia; likely a matrix-supported breccia containing lithic fragments, quartz, feldspar, and dark mafic minerals
Stromatolite
Laminated biogenic sedimentary structure (formed by Cyanobacteria)
Quartz Veined Rock (Likely Graywacke or Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) veins in Metasedimentary matrix
Chert (or Flint)
SiO2 (predominantly microcrystalline quartz)
Chert Nodule (with Geode cavity)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Botryoidal chalcedony (possibly agate/geode material)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or lateritic rock
Quartz-rich sandstone with iron-oxide cement; possibly ferruginous laterite
Ironstone concretion
Iron-oxide-cemented sediment, chiefly goethite (α-FeO(OH)) and/or hematite (Fe₂O₃)
Quartz Druze on Matrix (Geode Fragment)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pebble or Cobble (likely composed of sandstone or conglomerate)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (specific name like sandstone, conglomerate, or breccia would require microscopic analysis of clast size and angularity)
Tumbled milky quartz (likely quartz/chalcedony)
Quartz, SiO₂; possibly microcrystalline chalcedony
Quartz geode
Microcrystalline and druzy quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony-lined
Porphyry (specifically Porphyritic Rhyolite or Andesite)
Porphyritic Igneous Rock (composed of Phenocrysts in an Aphanitic groundmass)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Jasper Conglomerate
Polymictic Conglomerate with Jasper and Quartz
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Tree Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite inclusions
Iron-rich weathered rock, likely lateritic sandstone or ironstone
Ferruginous sandstone/ironstone; chiefly quartz (SiO₂) with hematite/goethite (Fe₂O₃·nH₂O)
Crazy Lace Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Celestine (or Celestite)
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)
Sandstone (specifically Arkose or Siltstone variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Amethyst geode fragment
Quartz, SiO₂; purple color from irradiation-related iron impurities
Chalcedony (Quartz)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Quartz Variety
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Rock with Arfvedsonite
Crazy Lace Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with microcrystalline quartz
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)