White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Every specimen the Rock Identifier community has discovered, from desert agates to deep-sea basalts.
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Muscovite Mica
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pegmatite
Igneous Pegmatite (felsic intrusive rock)
Pyrite in Matrix
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) embedded in host rock
White Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Arenite)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of quartz sand
Gneiss
Gneiss
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite, KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Graphic Granite
Pegmatitic Granite
Chrysotile Asbestos
Chrysotile (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Chevron Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Impurities (SiO2)
Silver
Ag (Native Silver)
Apatite
Calcium phosphate fluoride/chloride, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Tumbled Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony / Quartz)
Weathered Sandstone / Quartzite
Quartz Arenite
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Limestone (Weathered)
Sedimentary carbonate rock, primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Labradorite
(Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Citrine and Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pumice or Scoriaceous Basalt
Vesicular volcanic rock
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
Lepidolite
K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2
Pyrite in Quartz Matrix
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) embedded in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2 (Copper Iron Sulfide)
Azurite
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (Quartz arenite / Arkose)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Quartz with Pyrite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)