Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
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Browse glass specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Cherty Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Brown Chert
Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Citrine
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished black stone, likely black obsidian
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic silica glass (SiO₂-rich)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Banded chert (likely flint or jasperoid)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂
Greenish quartz (likely prase/chalcedony)
Quartz, SiO₂; possibly green chalcedony or chlorite-included quartz
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), potentially quartzite if metamorphic
Clear quartz crystal (likely quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Sea Glass (specifically Frosted White)
Amorphous Silica (substance: Sodium-calcium silicate glass)
Tumbled milky quartz, possibly quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); the specimen may be a quartz-rich metamorphic rock if its texture is granular
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opalite-like quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; possibly pale common opal, hydrated SiO₂·nH₂O
Rose Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Raw Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) - SiO2
Tumbled pink quartz (likely rose quartz)
Rose quartz, quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by trace elements and microscopic inclusions
Quartz (Citrine or Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Snowflake Obsidian (Volcanic Glass)
Polished black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass; mainly SiO₂)
Goldstone
Not a natural mineral or rock. It is an ornamental glass.
Quartz (Milky Quartz / Greenish Quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Likely tumbled red mineral or glass imitation
Indeterminate; possibilities include red jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or dyed chalcedony
Fulgurite
Fulgurite (Lechatelierite/Silica glass)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Pink quartz (likely rose quartz)
Rose quartz; quartz, SiO₂
Amethyst geode
Quartz (SiO₂), purple variety amethyst; commonly in basalt-hosted geodes
Tumbled amethyst
Quartz, crystalline silicon dioxide (SiO₂), purple variety colored mainly by iron impurities and irradiation
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dark flint or chert nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called flint when dark and nodular
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrinated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pearl and Garnet Glass
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for pearl; Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for glass
Blue Quartz / Glass Gemstone Pendant
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) or Synthetic Glass
Pink quartz (likely rose quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), commonly quartz var. rose quartz
Likely flint/chert fragments
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly fossil-bearing chert
Polished milky quartz (likely quartz worry stone or wand)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)