Greenstone / Chert
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) or Altered Basalt
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Browse basalt specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Greenstone / Chert
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) or Altered Basalt
Wishing Stone
Greenschist or Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Vein
Ruby (in costume jewelry context)
Corundum (Al2O3) with Chromium impurities
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Granite (Potassium-rich Granite)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (primarily SiO2, Al2O3, K2O)
Shiva Lingam
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Jasper/Chalcedony) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Vesicular Basalt (or Scoria)
Vesicular Basalt (Aphanitic-vesicular volcanic rock)
Larimar
Pectolite (Blue variety), NaCa2Si3O10(OH)
Druzy Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian)
Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst (Quartz Cluster)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Peridot
Olivine (Magnesium Iron Silicate - (Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide with Iron impurities (SiO2)
Pumice
Pumice (a highly vesicular extrusive igneous rock, primarily amorphous silica)
Basalt with Secondary Mineralization (Likely Zeolites or Calcite)
Aphanitic mafic volcanic rock with secondary mineral inclusions (e.g., CaAl2Si3O10·3H2O for Scolecite)
Porphyritic Basalt (or Porphyry)
Porphyritic Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock with phenocrysts)
Heulandite with Stilbite
Heulandite-Ca ((Ca,Na)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O) and Stilbite-Ca (NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O)
Greenstone / Greenschist
Greenschist (composed primarily of Chlorite, Epidote, and Actinolite)
Labradorite
(Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8 (Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
Greenstone
Greenschist / Greenstone (Chlorite-Epidote facies)
Labradorite
Labradorite (Plagioclase Feldspar Series) - (Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 - Aluminum Oxide with Iron and Titanium impurities)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Greenstone
Greenschist (metamorphosed mafic igneous rock)
Labradorite
Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8)
Indian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Carnelian
Carnelian (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite-Epidote-Actinolite Schist)
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities (SiO2)
Greenschist (Greenstone)
Chlorite Schist / Greenschist Facies Rock
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3) with traces of Iron and Titanium
Carnelian
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide / SiO2)
Amethyst (Geode)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Greenschist
Greenschist facies rock (containing chlorite, actinolite, albite, and epidote)
Sunstone
Aventurine Feldspar (Plagioclase Feldspar with inclusions)
Greenstone / Epidosite
Metamorphosed Mafic Igneous Rock (Epidote-Chlorite group)
Larimar
Pectolite (NaCa2Si3O[OH])
Amethyst
Silicon dioxide with iron impurities (SiO2)
Botryoidal Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote in Matrix (Unakite-related)
Epidosite (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))