Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Community gallery
Every specimen the Rock Identifier community has discovered, from desert agates to deep-sea basalts.
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Aventurine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Calcite in Matrix
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite (Ironstone Concretion)
Hydrous ferric oxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Amethyst Quartz (Chevron Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Spherulitic Obsidian (contains Cristobalite inclusions)
Chert (specifically Flint or Nodular Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mixed Crushed Stone
Aggregate (varied mineral composition)
Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic glass), SiO2 (70% or more)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Labradorite
(Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sunstone
Feldspar (variety Oligoclase or Labradorite), (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz or Citrine Geode/Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenshist / Chlorite Schist
Chlorite schist (contains (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·(Mg,Fe)3(OH)6)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Diamond (Faceted Gemstone)
Native Carbon (C)
Diamond
Diamond (C)
Diamond
C (Native Carbon)
Diamond
Diamond (pure carbon, C)
Cubic Zirconia
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Natural Diamond (Faceted)
Diamond (pure carbon crystal, C)
Diamond (Faceted)
Carbon (C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Diamond
C (Native Carbon)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond
Carbon (C), Native Element
Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Moissanite
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Micrometeorite (Spherule)
Extraterrestrial Accretion Spherule
Peridot
Olivine ((Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
Diamond
Carbon (C)