Materials Identification Guide

North American Materials

 











Name Also Known As Variations Distribution Complete Description  Complete Pictures Added
Gabbro          
Gage Rhyolite Purple Sunset Rhyolite        
Gainesville Chert          
Galena Chert Platteville-Galena Chert        
Gallagher Flint          
Gallatin Wood          
Garber Chert          
Garden City Chert          
Gardner Canyon Argillite          
Gardner Canyon Basalt          
Gardner Canyon Quartzite          
Gardner Canyon Rhyolite          
Garland City Palmwood          
Garnet Range Quartzite          
Gary Green Jasper          
Gasconade Chert          
Gasconade Falls Chert          
Gatesburg Chert / Dolomite          
Geerster Canyon Quartzite          
Gem Field Jasper          
Gem Hill Jasper / Agate          
Gem Hill Wood          
Georgetown Brown Chert          
Georgetown Gray Chert          
Georgetown Tourmaline          
Georgia Jasper          
Georgiaites          
Germantown Chert          
Gerster Chert          
Gettysburg Rhyolite          
Gettysburg Siltstone          
Gettysburg Siltstone (red)          
Geysers - Clear Lake Chert Clear Lake Chert, Geysers Chert        
Gila Mudstone / Siltstone          
Gilbert Turquoise          
Gilmore City Chert          
Gilsonite          
Ginkgo Wood          
Girard Chert          
Girardeau Black Chert          
Glass Butte Obsidian          
Glass Mountain Obsidian Crater Glass Flow Obsidian, Glass Mountain North / South Obsidian, Grouse Hill Obsidian, Little Glass Mountain Obsidian        
Glassy Mountain Rhyolite          
Glen Rose Wood          
Glenerie Chert          
Glenn's Ferry Silicified Volcanic Ash          
Gneiss          
Goat Island Chert          
Godber Turquoise Burnham Turquoise        
Gold Hull Phyllite          
Golde Acres Turquoise          
Golden Moss Agate          
Goldfield Jasper          
Goldfield Jasper Bullseye Agate        
Goodhue Quartzite          
Goodwins Branch Chert          
Goose Creek Chert          
Goose Egg Chert          
Goose Lake Obsidian Glass Mountain Dacite, Stoney Dacite        
Gordan Lake Chert          
Government Mountain Obsidian          
Gower Chert / Dolomite          
Grand Falls Chert          
Grand Gulf Sandstone          
Grand Meadow Chert West Patricia Chert        
Grand Teton Soapstone          
Grande Ronde Basalt          
Granite          
Granitic Gneiss          
Graphite          
Grasshopper Flat Obsidian Grasshopper Group Obsidian, Lost Iron Well Obsidian, Glittering Mountain Obsidian, Red Switchback Obsidian        
Grassy Knob Chert          
Grassy Mountain Wood          
Graystone Sandstone          
Graywacke           
Greasy Agate          
Green Lake Rhyolite          
Green Mountain Quartzite          
Green Mountains Jasper          
Green Pond Orthoquartzite          
Green River Chert Cedar Mountain Chert        
Green River Jasper          
Green River Sandstone          
Green Squaw Jasper          
Green Tree Turquoise          
Greenalite          
Greenbrier Chert Alderson Chert        
Greene County Chalcedony (mylinite)          
Greenfield Chert          
Greenstone          
Greenwater Chalcedony          
Grime Hills Chert          
Grimsby Sandstone Red Medina Sandstone        
Grindstone City Sandstone          
Grinnell Argillite          
Grinnell Quartzite          
Grizzly Ridge (Opalized) Chert          
Gronlid Siltstone          
Grover Chert          
Guadalupe Poppy Jasper          
Guadalupe River Gravel Chert          
Gull River Chert (Lower) Huronia Chert, Trent Valley Chert        
Gull River Chert (Upper) Trent (Valley) Chert        
Gun Flint Silica Brandon Flint        
Gwynns Falls Gneiss