Quartz (Milky/Common variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse igneous and metamorphic derivative (weathered) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (Milky/Common variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Labradorite
Labradorite (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8
Magnetite with Pyrite or Chalcopyrite inclusions
Magnetite (Fe3O4) with Pyrite (FeS2)
Magnetite (Lodestone variety)
Magnetite (Iron(II,III) oxide, Fe3O4)
Quartz (Citrine or Iron-Stained variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite on Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Chalcedony/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Green Chert/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Chert (Iron-Stained)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Jasper (likely river-tumbled)
Jasper (Silica/Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz (likely Rose Quartz or Milky Quartz based on color)
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Hydroxyapatite replaced by Minerals)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
Epidosite (Epidote-rich rock)
Epidosite (consisting primarily of Epidote: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH))
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Biotite Schist (likely)
Biotite Schist (rock), Biotite (mineral)
Strawberry Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂) with Goethite (α-FeO(OH)) and/or Lepidocrocite (γ-FeO(OH)) inclusions
Pyrite
Pyrite (FeS₂)
Citrine
Quartz (SiO2) - variety Citrine
Black Star Diopside
Diopside (CaMgSi2O6) with Magnetite inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Shale or Argillite
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock) or Argillite (low-grade metamorphic rock derived from shale)
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Goethite or Hematite
Nuummite
Nuummite (Orthoamphibole rock composed of Anthophyllite and Gedrite)
Gneiss (Schistose)
Gneiss
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock typically composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Biotite/Amphiboles)
Gneiss (specifically a granitic gneiss cobble)
Gneiss (high-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (Polymetamorphic Granitic Gneiss)
Soapstone
Steatite (primarily composed of Talc, Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂)
Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz (SiO2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)