Amethyst
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Community gallery
Every specimen the Rock Identifier community has discovered, from desert agates to deep-sea basalts.
Amethyst
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Amethyst
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Blue Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
Black Onyx
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Opal
Hydrated amorphous silica, SiO2·nH2O
Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Red Coral
Corallium rubrum
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Aventurine
Quartz with inclusion minerals (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Pink Granite
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock (Quartz, K-Feldspar, Plagioclase, Biotite)
Granite
Intrusive igneous rock
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chrysocolla
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate, (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O
Turtleback Rock (Brecciated Diabase / Granite)
Brecciated hypabyssal intrusive rock
Rose Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2
Pink Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Carnelian
Silicon dioxide (chalcedony variety), SiO2
Green Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite (Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
(Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2 (Complex silicate rock)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH,F)4)
Obsidian
Volcanic glass
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Silica / SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (Derived from Granite protolith)
Red Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Felsic)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)