Sandstone
Arenite
Category
Browse sedimentary rock or mineral (depending on origin and purity) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone
Arenite
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily quartz arenite)
Small gray-green pebble (likely fine-grained volcanic rock)
Indeterminate; possibly andesite or basalt
Mixed collection of natural stones
Several unidentified lithologies, likely including basalt, granite, quartzite, sandstone, and weathered metamorphic rocks
Graphite-rich schist (likely graphite ore)
Graphite-bearing schist; predominantly graphitic carbon (C) with mica, quartz, and possible feldspar
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Small colored gemstone or glass cabochons (uncertain)
Not identifiable from the image; the pieces may be colored glass or synthetic stones rather than natural minerals.
Turquoise (Tumbled/Polished)
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Limestone (with Calcite Veining)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Hag Stone
Perforated sedimentary rock (typically limestone, sandstone, or flint)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Starfish Fossil
Asteroidea fossil
Breciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Opal ring
Common opal, likely synthetic or assembled blue-green opal (hydrated amorphous silica, SiO₂·nH₂O)
Faceted blue gemstone ring, likely synthetic spinel or glass; identity uncertain
Possibly synthetic blue spinel (MgAl₂O₄) or laboratory sapphire (Al₂O₃); the clear side stones may be cubic zirconia or glass
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2-rich)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Chondrichthyes (class) fossilized tooth
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone pebble
Sandstone (siliciclastic sedimentary rock)
White quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); possibly quartzite, a metamorphosed quartz sandstone
Fossil Assortment and Geological Specimens
Various (including Ammonoidea)
Likely green-brown jasper or iron-stained chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-oxide-stained chert/jasper
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium) - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Fish Fossil in Limestone
Lycoptera (likely) in Micritic Limestone
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite / Lithic sandstone)
Jasper and Chalcedony Nodule
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mixed tumbled stones
Mixed aggregate of quartz, chalcedony, jasper, feldspar, and other common silicate minerals
Likely raw black tourmaline or dark amphibole fragment
Possibly schorl, NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4; identification is uncertain from the image
Quartz (Milky / Clear Quartz Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Angel Skin Coral
Corallium rubrum / Corallium spp. (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)