Blue Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (specifically a concretion or possibly a geode) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Picture Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Opaque Impure Chalcedony
Chert (Grey/Black variety)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (White Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Red Chert/Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Variety of Chert
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Zebra Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Macro-crystalline Quartz/Chert with impurities
Quartz (Specifically Clear to Smoky Quartz point)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mudstone
Lutylite (group of fine-grained sedimentary rocks)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Basalt with Quartz/Feldspar Inclusion
Basalt (containing Silicate minerals such as SiO2 and (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8)
Chert (specifically White Chert or Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt
Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase Feldspar and Pyroxene)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Mainly composed of Quartz, Illite, Chlorite)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Agate (specifically Botswana or Banded Agate variety)
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Green Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Basalt
Extrusive mafic igneous rock
Basalt River Cobble
Basalt (Mafic Igneous Rock)
Druzy Agate (Star-cut Geode Slice)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline and Macrocrystalline Quartz
Quartz (specifically Milky or Clear Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Scoria (Lava Rock)
Scoria (Vesicular Basalt)
Granite (Alkali-feldspar Granite)
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Primary minerals: Quartz SiO2, Orthoclase KAlSi3O8, Plagioclase (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8)
Pumice
Pumiceous rhyolite
Vesicular Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic extrusive volcanic rock)
Basalt with Vesicles
Vesicular Basalt
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diabase (Dolerite) Cobble
Diabase / Dolerite
Sandstone (with man-made markings)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz, SiO2)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous Concrete / Pavement
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Siliclastic Sedimentary Rock)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (often referred to as 'Jasper' when red)
Chert (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Quartz (likely milky/rose quartz variety)
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (specifically Flint or Common Opal/Chalcedony mix)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chalcedony (specifically Common Opal or Agate variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Scoria (Lava Rock)
Scoria
Sand Grain (Silica/Quartz Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)