Quartz (milky quartz variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
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Browse industrial byproduct (often confused with igneous rocks or meteorites) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (milky quartz variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Chalcopyrite (Peacock Ore)
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Schist
Crystalline Metamorphic Rock (Schistose)
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate (Pink Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Sandstone (Quartz-rich Cobble)
Arenite
Bauxite
AlOx(OH)3-2x (mixture of Gibbsite, Boehmite, and Diaspore)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Biotite Schist
Biotite-rich Schist
Pink Garnet in Matrix
Grossular or Almandine Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Schorl (Black Tourmaline)
Sodium Iron Aluminum Borosilicate (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite / Ironstone
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Pumice
Vesicular Rhyolite or Dacite
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Smoky Quartz and Biotite Schist
Quartz-Biotite Schist (SiO2 + K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Porphyritic Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Tumbled purple fluorite (probable)
Fluorite, calcium fluoride (CaF₂)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2 with minor impurities)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Potassium Feldspar
K-Feldspar (Orthoclase/Microcline) KAlSi3O8
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Sodium iron aluminum borosilicate), NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide)
Tumbled brown stone, likely smoky quartz or brown jasper
Probable smoky quartz (SiO₂) or iron-rich jasper (microcrystalline SiO₂); image alone is insufficient for certainty
Vesicular Basalt
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase Feldspar and Pyroxene)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Emerald (Rough)
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Chromium/Vanadium impurities)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Raw Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)