Red Jasper with Quartz
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (technically a microcrystalline quartz mineral aggregate) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Red Jasper with Quartz
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Yellow chalcedony or quartz fragment
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (tentative; possibly iron-stained chalcedony)
Moss agate (likely dendritic/chalcedony slab)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with green amphibole or chlorite inclusions
River Pebble (likely Quartzite or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) crystal conglomerate
Quartz Geode Segment
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, likely chert or quartzite
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining
Chert / Chalcedony Nodules
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Limestone or Sandstone Cobble
Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Spherulite Inclusions (primarily SiO2)
Quartz / Calcite Pebble
SiO2 (Quartz) or CaCO3 (Calcite)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock fragment
Likely quartz-bearing sandstone or granitic rock; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline igneous rock containing quartz, feldspar, and arfvedsonite
Quartz-Veined Sandstone
Quartz-veined Arenite
Chert (Iron-Stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Orbicular Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with manganese/iron inclusions
Weathered iron-rich chert or siliceous breccia
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron oxides and minor clay minerals
Tumbled yellow jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained jasper/chert
River Pebble (Quartz-rich)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chert (Brecciated Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Chert (within Limestone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Flint Nodule)
Microcrystalline and Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Geode (partially filled/solid)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Vein-filled Sedimentary Rock
Silicified sedimentary rock with quartz/calcite vein
Quartz Geode in Chert/Limestone Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Sedimentary Host Rock
Red jasper (likely iron-rich chert)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored by hematite/goethite
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Beach Pebble / Agate-bearing Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Inclusion Minerals
Chalcedony (Agate/Chert variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss with Quartz Vein
Metamorphic Gneiss with Quartz (SiO2) and Feldspar Injection
Chert (River Pebble)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone Riprap
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2) with impurities
Polished jasper or iron-stained chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly chalcedony with iron-oxide staining
Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Chert (Jasper / Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Tumbled jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide impurities
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)