Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (technically chert, a microcrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
African Turquoise (Jasper)
Polychrome African Jasper (often marketed as 'African Turquoise' due to its color, but it is not true turquoise)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Red/Pink Jasper subtype)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Greenstone / Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of minerals from the serpentine group Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Chert (specifically Red Chert / Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Red/Brown Variety)
Arenite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone, Iron-rich
Dragon Blood Jasper (also known as Dragon Stone)
Epidotized septarian concretion or Jasper/Epidote breach (typically a combination of Epidote and Pietersite or Red Jasper)
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Detrital Sedimentary Rock)
Travertine
Terrestrial Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Crushed Limestone
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxides
Quartz with Iron Stains
Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide/hydroxide staining
Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline Variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Piddock bored rock (likely Mudstone or Shale)
Ichnofossil (Gastrochaenolites borings) in Fine-grained Sedimentary Rock
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Limestone (Fossiliferous)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Bioclastic Limestone
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based typically)
Quartz Geode (with possible Manganese or Goethite coating)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Limonite (after Pyrite Pseudomorph)
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide Mixture, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Crushed Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron oxide staining (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Dragon Stone
Argillaceous Sedimentary Rock (Ohko Stone)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-rich Sedimentary Rock)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (Quartz arenite/Arkose)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz, SiO2)
Botryoidal Chalcedony (likely Chert or Agatized Coral)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)