Siltstone
Siltstone (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Category
Browse sedimentary specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Siltstone
Siltstone (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Sandstone (Greywacke)
Arenite / Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Vesicular Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Jasper-Quartz Conglomerate / Chert
Siliceous Sedimentary Rock (SiO2)
Travertine (Tufa)
Chemical Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3)
Sandstone or Mudstone
Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone/Mudstone)
Chert (v. Flint)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Agate
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale with Iron Staining
Fissile Argillaceous Sedimentary Rock
Limestone with Calcite Veining
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock)
Chert (variably Oolitic or Fossiliferous)
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (Siliclastic Sedimentary Rock)
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Psephite)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite / Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary Clastic Rock)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Chert
Sedimentary Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Puddingstone (Conglomerate)
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Siltstone
Siltstone (siliciclastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Weathered stone pebble (exact rock type indeterminate)
Unidentified fine-grained rock; composition cannot be determined from the image
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Red jasper (likely polished/tumbled)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored by iron oxides
Polished brecciated jasper (likely ocean jasper or brecciated agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions and possible chalcedony
Chert / Chalcedony Nodule
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Geode form
River Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Pyrite (on Shale/Matrix)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Limestone (or Sandstone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) / Silica (SiO2)
Quartz geode (likely chalcedony-lined geode)
Silica geode: microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony with drusy quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-oxide staining
Iron-rich chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), stained by hematite/goethite
Calcite crystal cluster
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃), likely honey or amber calcite
Possible flint (chert) fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called flint when dark and nodular
Tumbled brown quartz/chert pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chert or jasper