Red Jasper or Iron-stained Quartz
SiO2 with Fe impurities
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (technically a variety of chalcedony) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Red Jasper or Iron-stained Quartz
SiO2 with Fe impurities
Satin Spar (Selenite)
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O
Agatized Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony
Chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz - SiO₂)
Geode (Unopened)
Quartz/Chalcedony concretion
Jasper River Stone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Polished brown-green jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide and chlorite inclusions
Red jasper (likely polished/chipped fragment)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Dalmation Stone
Peralkaline rhyolite (SiO2 with Arfvedsonite/Riebeckite)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with impurities
Yellow Jasper (within host rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron hydroxides (Goethite)
White Agate (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished carnelian jasper / brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chalcedony with iron-oxide pigments and opaque jasper fragments
Tumbled red jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Dyed pink agate slice
Agate (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), commonly chalcedony with artificial dye
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al(OH)3, AlO(OH), AlOOH)
Quartz (Chert / Agate / Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled carnelian and related stones
Carnelian: orange-red chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; the dark central piece may be hematite- or jasper-rich material
Tumbled carnelian (likely)
Orange-red chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Agate
SiO2
Carnelian (orange chalcedony)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), iron-oxide colored
Tumbled jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), commonly containing iron oxides and other silicates
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled jasper, likely red/brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), mainly SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Agate Nodule
Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony/Quartz), SiO2
Carnelian
Quartz (chalcedony variety), SiO2
Tumbled jasper pebble
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, commonly brecciated or iron-stained jasper (SiO₂)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chalcedony (Agate)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled carnelian agate
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, iron-oxide colored
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al2O3·nH2O)
Orange chalcedony or carnelian fragment
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; carnelian is orange cryptocrystalline quartz colored mainly by iron oxides
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Jasper
Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Tumbled green jasper (probable)
Jasper, opaque microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron and other impurities
Likely tumbled carnelian or orange chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony variety)
Black obsidian (likely)
Volcanic glass; primarily silica-rich, noncrystalline SiO₂ composition
Red jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Quartz (chalcedony variety) or Limestone with Quartz Veins
SiO2 (for Quartz/Chalcedony); CaCO3 (for Limestone)
Tumbled orange chalcedony or carnelian
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/carnelian
Red jasper (iron-rich chalcedony), possibly brecciated
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides/hydroxides