Puddingstone
Rock
Also called Pudding stone and Jasper conglomerate
About it
A conglomerate whose bright, rounded pebbles stand out like fruit in a pudding. Michigan and St. Joseph Island, Ontario, have white quartzite with red jasper pebbles; Hertfordshire puddingstone has flint pebbles in silica cement.
- Type
- Rock (sedimentary)
- Group
- Sedimentary (clastic)
- Colours
- white, red, brown, black, multicoloured
- Transparency
- opaque
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.