Banded Agate (specifically Carnelian Agate)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Browse sedimentary rock (technically a microcrystalline quartz mineral aggregate) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Banded Agate (specifically Carnelian Agate)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Vesicular Basalt with secondary mineral infilling (commonly Zeolites, Calcite, or Quartz)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Chalcedony/Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Wonderstone (Liesegang Sandstone)
Silicified Sandstone with Liesegang Rings (SiO2 + FeO(OH))
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Metamorphic Rock (composed predominantly of SiO2)
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Sandstone (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Carnelian
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
African Turquoise (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Macro-crystalline Quartz with inclusions
River Cobble (Quartzite with Iron Staining)
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Biotite Gneiss
Gneiss (complex mixture including Biotite K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2 and Quartz/Feldspar)
Milky Quartz Vein with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Chert (Iron-stained)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Red Chert or Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal)
Crinoid Limestone (CaCO3 with fossil biological remains)
Quartz (Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz SiO2 with Hematite Fe2O3 cement)
Que Sera Stone (Llanite)
Rhyolite Porphyry with Blue Quartz and Feldspar
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Zebra Rock / Zebra Marble
Banded Limestone-Marble Transition
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (lithic wacke)
Arenite / Lithic Wacke (mostly SiO2 with rock fragments)
Fossilized Coral
Scleractinian Anthozoa (Fossilized Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite-stained Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide/Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O) staining
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (mainly SiO2)
Quartzite with Iron Inclusions
Metamorphic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impure Limonite/Hematite
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade rock)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Orange Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)