Chert (or Flint)
Chert (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (technically a microcrystalline quartz mineral aggregate) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (or Flint)
Chert (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Quartz-veined Basalt
Amygdaloidal or Porphyritic Basalt with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) vein
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (with high iron oxide content)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Quartzite
Quartzite (specifically a variety enriched with blue-coloring minerals)
Basalt with Quartz Vein
Basalt (SiO2 vein inclusion)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Hagstone/Gasket Rock variant)
Chert (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Bloodstone
Heliotrope (cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2 with inclusions of Hematite)
Chert (Jasper-bearing)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fuchsite Quartzite
Fuchsite-bearing Quartzite
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper when red)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Sandstone (Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dark Igneous Rock (Likely Basalt or Diabase)
Basalt (extrusive igneous rock) or Diabase (intrusive igneous rock - also known as Dolerite), largely composed of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene (augite), and sometimes olivine and amphibole. Exact mineralogy would require thin section analysis.
Vesicular Basalt (Lava Rock)
Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic glass with Cristobalite inclusions (mostly SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Chert (SiO2)
Vesicular Basalt
Mafic Volcanic Rock (Basalt)
Greenstone / Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of minerals from the serpentine group Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Conglomerate (Red Sandstone variety)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomeratic Sandstone)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic arenite / Quartz arenite)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal component)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide)
Quartz Pebble (Chert/Chalcedony variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and various Micas)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]
Sandstone (Quartzite Pebble)
Arenite (SiO2)
Pink Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized minerals or rock grains)
Chalcedony (Botryoidal/Drusy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Banded Agate (Onyx type)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Druzy Quartz on Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Quartz on Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Weathered Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)