Crackled Quartz (Blue Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with anthropogenic dye
Category
Browse igneous or metamorphic (base stone); anthropogenic (decoration) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Crackled Quartz (Blue Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with anthropogenic dye
Quartz / Quartz Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Grooved Maun Ball (Maul/Hammerstone-like Concretion)
Calcareous/Ferruginous Concretion in Sandstone Matrix
Geode with Iron-Stained Quartz/Calcite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) in Sedimentary Matrix
Raw Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Milky Quartz Pebble with Matrix
Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead Debitage or Flake)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (Potassium Mica) KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Porphyritic Basalt
Porphyritic Basalt (Mafic Volcanic Rock)
Brecciated stone pebble
Breccia
Sandstone (Micaceous Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 with KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 inclusions)
Muscovite Mica
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz–mica metamorphic rock, likely schist
Quartz–muscovite/biotite schist; predominantly SiO₂ quartz with phyllosilicate micas
Biotite Schist
Biotite Gneiss/Schist (approximate formula K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Limonite-stained Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide/Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O) staining
Biotite (Black Mica) in Host Rock
K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2
Amethyst (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with iron impurities)
Porphyritic Basalt
Basalt (porphyritic texture)
Basalt with Epidote (Porphyritic Basalt)
Mafic Porphyritic Basalt with (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)) inclusions
Porphyritic Andesite
Andesite with Hornblende phenocrysts
Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Chert (Arrowhead/Projectile Point)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Mica (Muscovite)
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Granite Pebble
Granite (Plutonic Igneous Rock)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Man-made Green Quartz (Lab-grown or Treated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial coloration
Basalt with Weathering Crust
Extrusive mafic volcanic rock
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Biotite Mica
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Rough Green Sapphire (Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3 - Aluminum Oxide with trace elements)
Milky Quartz with Mica (Gneiss/Schist influence)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Phyllosilicates
Biotite Mica in Quartz
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2) in Quartz (SiO2)
Epidote with Magnetite/Hematite inclusions
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)3(OH)) with Iron Oxides
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Gneissic Granite
Granite Gneiss
Blue Quartzite (Dyed)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Sandstone (SiO2 with organic dye)