Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse antropogenic (man made glass byproduct) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Granular)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Meta-quartzite
Rough Quartz (likely Milky or Smoky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Yellow Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Blue Quartzite (likely dyed)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with likely color treatment
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Chert (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Onyx
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with parallel banding
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Red Scoria (Lava Rock)
Scoria (highly vesicular basaltic/andesitic rock)
Sandstone (Quartzite Pebble)
Arenite / Metamorphosed Sandstone (SiO2)
Botryoidal Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkose variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic Sandstone)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Basalt (Water-worn Pebble)
Basalt (Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock)
Carnelian
Carnelian Chalcedony (SiO2)
Olivine in Basalt (Peridotite Xenolith)
Forsterite-rich Olivine (Mg2SiO4) in Aphanitic Basalt
Iron-rich jasper (red jasper/ironstone)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored by hematite and goethite
Amethyst
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with iron impurities
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Weathered schist or foliated metamorphic rock
Mica schist, possibly phyllite; exact identification requires a fresh surface and testing
Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Fluorite (often referred to as Rainbow Fluorite)
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide staining)
Sandstone
Arenite (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-rich vein rock, likely milky quartz in weathered host rock
Milky quartz (SiO₂), probably with weathered feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Rutilated Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) inclusions