Schist
Schist
Category
Browse igneous and metamorphic specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Schist
Schist
Wollastonite
Calcium Inosilicate, CaSiO3
Garnet
Garnet Group (often Pyrope or Almandine); X3Y2(SiO4)3
Greenschist
Chlorite schist
Tumbled dark gray stone, likely basalt
Basalt; fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Greenschist (containing Epidote and Quartz)
Greenschist (Epidote-Chlorite-Actinolite Schist)
Orthoclase Feldspar
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Sodalite
Sodalite: Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Greenschist
Greenschist (containing Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Quartz Vein in Schist / Gneiss
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Metamorphic Matrix
Green Schist (Greenschist)
Greenschist facies metamorphic rock
Granitoid Gneiss with Feldspar Vein
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock) with Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Quartz with Actinolite or Tourmaline inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 or Tourmaline group inclusions
Gneiss
Gneiss (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Likely biotite-bearing metamorphic rock (schist or gneiss)
Mica schist/gneiss; chiefly quartz, feldspar, and biotite mica
Gneiss with Quartz Veining
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Major minerals include Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Muscovite (Mica)
Muscovite - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Schist
Chlorite/Mica Schist
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Greenstone (Epidosite/Altered Diorite)
Metabasalt or Meta-andesite / Epidotized Diorite
Clear quartz crystal fragments
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Boulder
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)