Shale
Shale (Lutite)
Category
Browse synthetic (not a rock or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Shale
Shale (Lutite)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic extrusive volcanic rock with secondary mineral infilling)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Ca-rich Plagioclase, Pyroxene, and Olivine)
Red Sandstone
Arenite
Clear Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Smoky Quartz on Feldspar (Granite Pegmatite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Granite (Thin Section)
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Granodiorite (or Granite) Pebble
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Pebble
Limonite Concretion
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide) FeO(OH)·nH2O
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with assorted minerals)
Boxwork Quartz / Septarian Jasper
Boxwork (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Arenite with Iron-oxide cement
Granite
Granite (felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Chert (Brecciated Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (compositional mixture of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Banded Gneiss (River Rock/Pebble)
Gneiss (specifically a banded variety, likely a orthogneiss or paragneiss depending on parent rock)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic silicate with secondary mineral inclusions)
Limonite (Iron-rich Siltstone / Sandstone base)
Hydrous ferric oxide mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al2O3·2H2O)
Agate Geode with Quartz Druzy
Chalcedony (SiO2) and Quartz (SiO2)
Druzy Quartz on Matrix (likely Limestone or Sandstone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various trace impurities
Basalt with Calcite Veins
Basalt (containing CaCO3 inclusions)
Epidote
Epidote (formula: Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Topaz
Aluminum Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide; Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Hematite Nodules (Moqui Marbles style)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Clear Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Biotite Schist (likely)
Biotite Schist (rock), Biotite (mineral)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]
Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Quartz Variety
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (Clastic sedimentary rock, predominantly SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary Rock)
Boxwork Siderite or Sepatarian Nodule Weathering
Siderite (FeCO3) with secondary mineralization or Boxwork Geode fragment
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Lithic Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone (with potential fossil inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)