Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse igneous and mineral specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Common)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diopside (likely Chromian Diopside)
Diopside, part of Clinopyroxene family of inosilicates. Chemical formula: CaMgSi2O6. The green variety is often Chromian Diopside due to chromium impurities.
Vesicular Basalt with Calcification
Vesicular Basalt (Aphanitic extrusive igneous rock)
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic igneous rock (SiO2 range 65-75%)
Greenstone / Greenschist
Greenschist (composed of Chlorite, Epidote, Actinolite)
Quartz (Iron-Stained)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite / Iron-Rich Basalt
Magnetite bearing Mafic Rock (Fe3O4)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2 + Mn/Fe/Chlorite)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar (formula: (K,Na)AlSi3O8)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (mica)
Quartz Vein / Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mica (specimen appears to be Muscovite or Phlogopite)
Phyllosilicate mineral; Muscovite: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Optical Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Orthoclase Feldspar
Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Optical Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Moonstone
Orthoclase (Potassium aluminum silicate - KAlSi3O8)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite (Iron Pyrite)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)