Materials Identification Guide

North American Materials

 











Name Also Known As Variations Distribution Complete Description  Complete Pictures Added
Waccamaw Orthoquartzite          
Wacissa Chert          
Waddell Beach Chert          
Wagner Hill (Fine Grain) Basalt          
Wakefield Felsite          
Walden Creek Argillite          
Walker Chert          
Wallkill Chert          
Walsh Creek Rhyolite          
Walton Chert          
Wamsutta Rhyolite          
Wanapum Basalt          
Wapanucka Chert          
Wapsipsicon Chert          
Warner Chert          
Warrenburg Sandstone          
Warsaw Chalcedonic Chert Croton Chalcedonic Chert        
Wasatch Mudstone          
Wasco Agate          
Wascoite Chert          
Wascoite Jasper          
Wash Creek Slate          
Washademoak Lake Chert          
Washington County Chert / Chalcedony          
Washington County Jasper          
Washington Gneiss          
Washington Pass Carnelian          
Wasrsaw Chert          
Wassataquoik Chert          
Wassonville Chert          
Wassonville Type A - Fossiliferous Chert          
Wassonville Type B - Mottled Chert          
Watchung Basalt          
Watchung Carnelian          
Waterloo Quartzite          
Waterville Gray Sandstone Great Pond Red Sandstone        
Wausaw Chert          
Waverly Gneiss          
Waxahatchee Slate          
Wayne County Chert          
Wayne Gabbro          
Weathering Amber Chalcedony          
Weaver Rhyolite          
Webers Falls Siltstone Arkansas Argillite        
Weeping Water Chert          
Weisner Mudstone          
West Athens Hill Chert          
West Bangor Slate          
West Flamborough Chert          
West Forks Welded Tuff Enchanted Stream Welded Tuff        
West Franklin Chert          
West Horse Chert          
West Patrica Chert          
West Texas Wood          
Westerville Chert          
Weverton Quartzite          
Wewe Slate          
Whatley Mill Gneiss          
Wheeler County Chert          
Whiskey Dick Wood          
Whiskey Quartzite          
Whiskey Wood          
Whispering Pines Ranch Wood          
White and Clear Agate          
White Buffalo Turquoise          
White Creek Turquoise          
White Horse Turquoise          
White Owl Turquoise          
White River Chert          
White River Group Plate Chalcedony          
White Rocks Quartzite          
White Stallion Turquoise          
Whitehall Chert / Dolomite          
Whitewood Chert          
Wiggins Fork Wood          
Wike Chert          
Wiki Peak Obsidian          
Wilcox Chert          
Wild Horse Jasper          
Wildwood Opalized Jasper          
Williamson Chert / Chalcedony          
Willis Chert          
Williston Chert          
Willow Creek Jasper          
Wilson Ridge Mudstone          
Wind River Forest Wood          
Windermere Chert / Dolomite          
Windermere Quartzite          
Windy Hill Siltstone          
Windy Ridge Turquoise          
Winnipeg Siltstone          
Winter Hills Quartzite          
Winterset Chert Fusulinid Chert        
Wissahickon Quartzite          
Withlacoochee Agatized Coral          
Wolf Den Mountain Rhyolite          
Wolverine Quartzite          
Woodbine Siltstone          
Woodford Chert          
Woodruff Wood          
Woods Hole Argillite          
Woodward Chert          
Woodway Chert          
Woodworthia Wood          
Woolwich Gneiss          
Worm Creek Quartzite          
Wrangell Obsidian Wrangell Mountain Obsidian and Group A Obsidian        
Wreford Chert (Type A, B, and C)          
Wrenford Chert          
Wyandotte Chert Wyandotte Cave Chert, Indiana Hornstone, Harrison County Chert        
Wyman Lake Quartzite          
Wyoming Jade (nephrite)