Quartz (Milky or Cloudy variety)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
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Browse industrial byproduct (often confused with igneous rocks or meteorites) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (Milky or Cloudy variety)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Peacock Ore
Bornite (Cu5FeS4) or iridescent Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Schist (Greenschist / Mica Schist)
Metamorphic rock rich in platy minerals (e.g., Chlorite/Mica schist)
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Pumice (Basaltic/Scoria)
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria
Garnet
Garnet group [X3Y2(SiO4)3]
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Pyrite-bearing Schist
Pyritic Quartz-Mica Schist with FeS2 inclusion
Chlorite (Small Flakes/Sand)
Chlorite Group (Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide - (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·(Mg,Fe)3(OH)6)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Crushed Stone / Gravel (Multiple Rock Types)
Lithic fragments (undifferentiated)
Magnetite (Lodestone)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Diorite
Intermediate Phaneritic Igneous Rock
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz Pebble with Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) or Pyrope (Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)
Osumilite in Granite Matrix
(K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30
Ruby (Raw Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium impurities)
Diorite
Diorite (intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Schist (Chlorite or Mica-rich)
Chlorite Schist
Ruby (Raw Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3:Cr)
Scoria (Lava Rock)
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria
Chinese Writing Stone
Porphyritic Basalt or Andesite with Feldspar phenocrysts (likely Orthoclase or Plagioclase)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine (a variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Feldspar (Orthoclase / Microcline) with Quartz
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Feldspar / Orthoclase)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Strawberry Quartz (Quartz with Hematite inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Magnetite Sand (Black Sand)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Fluorite (often called Rainbow Fluorite or Purple-Green Fluorite)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Milky quartz (likely quartz-rich rock)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Garnet Rhyolite
Rhyolite (high-silica volcanic rock) with almandine/spessartine garnet
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Almandine Garnet
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (SiO2: Silicon Dioxide)
Agate
Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Aquamarine
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Botryoidal Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite Node
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O) with Goethite/Hematite
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)