Materials Identification Guide

North American Materials

 











Name Also Known As Variations Distribution Complete Description  Complete Pictures Added
Rabbit Ears Pass Wood (Type 19) Colorado        
Rabbitkettle Chert          
Racine Chert          
Rainbow Sheen Obsidian Iris Obsidian        
Rainbow Wood          
Rainy Butte Chert Rainy Butte Silicified Wood        
Rainy Butte Silicified Sediment          
Rainy Buttes Silicified Wood          
Ramah Chert Mugsford Chert        
Ramah Chert (Maine?)          
Ramah Quartzite          
Ramapo Gneiss          
Ramp Creek Chert          
Rampart Group Chert          
Ramshorn Mountain Jasper          
Rancheria Chert          
Randall Creek Wood          
Rapid Chert          
Rattlesnake Hills Wood          
Raymond Andesite          
Raytown Chert          
Reading Prong Jasper          
Reagen Chert          
Red Bluff Chert          
Red Butte Chert          
Red Creek Quartzite          
Red Desert Black Palm Wood          
Red Desert Jasper          
Red Horn Coral (fossil)          
Red Mountain Turquoise          
Red Palmwood          
Red Plume Quartzite          
Red River Chert          
Red River Jasper          
Red Slate          
Red Stone Canyon Jasper          
Redman Creek Jasper          
Redwall Chert / Dolomite          
Reed's Spring Chert          
Republic Chert          
Republican River Jasper Republican Jasper. Niobrarite, Smokey Hill Jasper        
Reservation Agate          
Rex Chert          
Reynales Silicified Sandstone Hickory Corners Chert        
Rhame Bed Silicate / Kaolin          
Rhode Island Jade          
Rhyolite          
Rhyolitic Pumice Rocks          
Rib Mountain Quartzite          
Ribbon Chert          
Rice Agate Rice Stone        
Rice Grain Chert          
Rich Patch Chert          
Richland Chert          
Richmond Amphibolite          
Rickenbach Chert          
Rideau Chert          
Rideau Quartzite          
Ridge & Valley Chert          
Ridgely Quartzite          
Ring Quarry Chert          
Ringgold Chert          
Rio Grande Gravel Chert          
Rio Grande Valley Wood          
Riverside Sandstone          
Road Creek Agate          
Roanoke Chert          
Robbers Mountain Argillite / Chert          
Robbins Range Wood          
Rock Bridge Jasper          
Rock Canyon Chert          
Rockaway Plum Puddingstone          
Rockdale Run Chert / Dolomite          
Rocky Butte Jasper          
Rocky Mountain Basalt          
Rocky Mountain Quartzite Gravels          
Rogers Mountain Wood          
Roony Creek Chert          
Root Beer Chert          
Root River Chert / Jasperoid          
Rope Ferry Gneiss          
Roquemaure Jasper          
Rose Hill Quartzite          
Roubidoux Chert          
Round Valley Chert          
Row Park Chert / Dolomite          
Roxbury Puddingstone Boonton Puddingstone, Bearfort Mountain Puddingstone        
Roxbury Quartzite          
Royston Turquoise          
RS Hill Obsidian          
Rudite          
Rugg Brook Chert / Dolomite          
Ryan's Quartz