Materials Identification Guide
North American Materials
Name
Also Known As
Variations
Distribution Complete
Description
Complete
Pictures Added
Aarde Shale
x
Aaron Slate
x
Abbyville Gabbro
x
Abiathar Peak Petrified Wood
X
X
X
Abingdon Chert
Holston Chert
Abique Agate
X
X
Abiquiu Jasper
X
Abiquiu Moss Agate
X
Abiquiu Quartz
X
Abiquiu Quartzite
X
X
Abitibi Chert
Lake Abitibi Chert
Abo Sandstone
x
Absaroka Chert
Accomack Mudstone
X
X
Actinolite
Ada Petrified Wood
X
Addy Quartzite
X
Adin Chalcedony
Adna Carnelian
Adobe Flat Mudstone
Afton Canyon Jasper
Agagonite
Agate Breccia
Agate Jasper
Agate Springs (dendritic) Chert
Agatized Coral
(Florida)
Agatized Coral
(Michigan)
Agatized Glacial Till Wood
Silicified Glacial Till Wood
Agatized Palm Root
(California)
Agatized Palm Root
(Nebraska)
Agatized Palm Root
(Texas)
Agatized Wood
Agattu Island Argillite
Agort Chert
Agort Quartzite
Agua Dulce
Vasquez Rocks
Ahorn Quartzite
Ajax Turquoise
Ajibik Quartzite
Akmalik Chert
EMF Chert and Black Lisburne
Alabaster
(California)
Alabaster
(Texas)
Alachua Chert
Alaska Diamond
(Hemetite)
Alaska Black Diamond
Alaska Peninsula Wood
Alaskan Jade
Albanel Quartzite
Mistassini Quartzite
Alberene Soapstone
Alder Creek Jasper
Alderson's Pine Wood
Aleman Ribbon Chert
Algal Mound Chert
Algic Chert
Alibates Agatized Dolomite
Alibates Chert (Silicified Dolomite)
Allamoore Ribbon Chert
Allen Creek Chert
Allenby Chert
Allendale Chert
Costal Chert
Allentown Chert
Upper Allentown Chert
Alligator Back Gneiss
Alma Quartzite
Buffalo County Quartzite and Lacross County Quartzite
Alpine Agate
Alsen Chert
Helderberg Chert
Alum Creek Chert
Alvord Mountains Jasper
Alvord Mountains Opalized Wood
Amabel Formation Chert
Amana Sandstone
Amazon Jade
Colorado Jade
Amazonite
Amazon Stone
Amber
Amber Chalcedony
Amboy
Amethyst
Amethyst Mountain Wood
Amherst Red Stone
Amphilbolite
Amsden Chert
Amy Creek Chert / Dolomite
Ancaster Chert
Lockport Chert and Goat Island Chert
Anchor Point Wood
Andesite
Angel Agate
Angel Island Sandstone
Angel Wing Agate
Aniakchak Volcano Wood
Animikie Chert
Animikie Silicate
Anna Chert
Annadel Obsidian
Annadel Farms Obsidian and Annadel State Park Obsidian
Ansonia Gneiss
Miller Mine Gneiss, Tyler Lake Gneiss, Siscowit Gneiss
Antelope Chert
Antelope Jasper
Antelope Pass Wood
Antietam Quartzite
Antietam Schist, Erwin-Antietam Quartzite, Erwin Quartzite
Antioch Wood
Antique Pink Agate
Bubblegum
Anvil Chert
Apache Canyon Turquoise
Apache Creek Agate
Apache Jasper
Hickoryite
Apache Mudstone
Apache Turquoise
Appekunney Argillite
Apple Hill Creek Cobble
Aquia Orthoquartzite
Aragonite
Araucarian Picture Wood
Araucarioxylon Arizonicum Wood
Arbuckle Chert
Arcadia Ridge Orthoquartzite
Arenaceous Silicified Siltstone
Argentine Chert
Argillite
Arikaree Silicified Volcanic Ash
Arizona Agate
Arizona Banded Jasper
Arizona Ruby Jasper
Arkansas Novalite
Arkansas River Chert
Arlington Chert
Armuchee Chert
Hourse Leg Creek Chert, Frog Mountain Chert
Arnolds Valley Jasper
Rockbridge Jasper
Aromatic Bay Wood
Arroyo Jasper
Arvonia Slate
Ash Fork Basalt
Ash Hill Carnelian
Ashwood (Green) Moss Agate
Ashwood Dendritic Chert
Asotin Creek Coffee Wood
Asphaltum
Bitumen and Pitch
Athabasca Quartzite
Atoka Argillite
Atoka Chert
Atoka Ironstone
Atoka Quartzite
Atoka Sandstone
Atoka Siltstone
Attalla Chert
Attica Chert
Indiana Greenstone, Independence Chert, Wabash Chert
Attleboro Red Felsite
Augen Gneiss
Augusta & Rockingham Cherts
Aurora Borealis Obsidian
Fire Obsidian
Avingak Creek Wood
Avon Chert
Avon Valley Porcellanite
Ayers Quartzite
Azurite