Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (technically chert, a microcrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Banded Agate (Tumbled)
Agate (Variety of Chalcedony/Quartz), SiO2
Quartz Veinated Sandstone or Siltstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a clastic sedimentary matrix
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Quartz (specifically Clear Quartz or Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Quartzose Pebble)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Litharenite/Quartz arenite)
Sandstone (with potential Arkose/Lithic characteristics)
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains)
Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint/Jasper)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite with Iron Hydroxide Staining
Quartzite (primarily SiO2) with Limonite/Goethite staining
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz (Clear / Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Picture Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Spherulitic Chalcedony (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Iron-rich or Arkosic)
Arenite (SiO2 with FeO(OH) or Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Carnelian
Carnelian (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Limestone (specifically Iron-stained or Argillaceous Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) impurities
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Limestone (Grey and White specimens)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcite (CaCO3)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (principally SiO2)
Quartz Geode (Cracked Open)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Agate (Moss or Banded Agate variety)
Agate (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Green Quartzite (with Fuchsite)
Quartzite with Muscovite variety Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass), primarily SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Brown Antique Granite
Anorthosite (Technically a plutonic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar)
Chert (Jasper variation)
Chert (Silicate mineral, SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodular)
Chert (Silicon dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock, primarily SiO2)
Quartz (likely Herkimer Diamond style)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)