Chert (Common Opal/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with hydration
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Chert (Common Opal/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with hydration
Chert (Iron-Stained)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Concretion or Geode (unbroken)
Varied (depending on mineral composition and cementing agent). For quartz-lined geodes, the scientific name of the dominant mineral would be Quartz (SiO2). For calcite-lined geodes, Calcite (CaCO3). Concretions are often composed of cryptocrystalline quartz (chert), calcite, or iron oxides.
Shale or Slate with Quartz Veins
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock) or Slate (low-grade metamorphic rock formed from shale) with Quartz (SiO2) veins
Liesegang Ring Siltstone
Siltstone with iron oxide Liesegang bands
Calcite on Limestone (or Fossil)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Agatized Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Pebble/Nodule
Chert (a microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline sedimentary form of quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Chert (Field Stone)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Green Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Commonly known as Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion / Goethite Nodules
Ironstone (composed primarily of Goethite FeO(OH) and Limonite)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in a Geode body
Quartz Druzy Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Crystalline Variety
Limonite-stained Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hydrated Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Clay (as a rock-forming material)
Clay minerals (e.g., Kaolinite group, Smectite group, Illite group, Chlorite group)
Red Jasper
Red Jasper (SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Chert / Flint (a variety of Chert)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper-like)
SiO2 (Cryptocrystalline Quartz)
Banded Flint (Polished Stripe Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chert
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae)
Chert (Chalk-associated Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / River Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
White Jade / White Chalcedony
Nephrite Jade (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Chalcedony (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Anthracite Coal (dyed)
Anthracite Coal (Artificially Colored)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pebble or Cobble (likely composed of sandstone or conglomerate)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (specific name like sandstone, conglomerate, or breccia would require microscopic analysis of clast size and angularity)
Shale
Fissile Clay-dominant Mudrock (SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, CaO, MgO)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Dendritic Agate (specifically Orange/Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Oxide Inclusions
Quartzite with inclusions
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Banded Agate (Onyx variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Septarian Nodules / Weathered Silex)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (a variety of coal, predominantly carbon)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble)
Iron-oxide Concretion (Hydrated ferric oxide, Fe2O3·nH2O)