Chalcedony (Quartz Var.)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (technically a microcrystalline quartz mineral aggregate) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chalcedony (Quartz Var.)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mudstone
Lutylite (group of fine-grained sedimentary rocks)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite/Iron oxide inclusions
Red Jasper
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) with Hematite inclusions, SiO2
Red Jasper
Jasper (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO₂ with impurities)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrated copper and aluminum phosphate)
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Meta-quartzite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Andesite
Andesite (Intermediate Extrusive Volcanic Rock)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite with Iron Inclusions
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz/Clear Quartz Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Quartz (Inclusion-rich Quartzite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with Iron Oxide / Hematite inclusions
Basalt with Quartz/Feldspar Vein
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Plutonic intrusion (SiO2/KAlSi3O8)
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock) - Composition: SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt (River Pebble)
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Limonite (Iron Ore/Sandstone mixture)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) often mixed with Goethite and sedimentary matrix
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide) - SiO2
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with minor Fe2O3)
Oolitic Chert
Oolitic Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Agate (Geode nodule fragment)
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz), SiO2
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (often called Flint when dark or found in chalk)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite (or Milky Quartz pebble)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Shiva Lingam
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Jasproid/Jasper)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Dragon Stone
Argillaceous Sedimentary Rock (Ohko Stone)
Quartzite pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Granitoid (Primary minerals: Quartz SiO2, Feldspar KAlSi3O8, and Biotite/Mica)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Quartz (Milky/Rose variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Gneiss
High-grade foliated metamorphic rock
Quartz (Milky/Common)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)