Water and Silt (Sedimentary Environment)
Suspended Sediment / H2O (dihydrogen monoxide)
Category
Browse industrial byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Water and Silt (Sedimentary Environment)
Suspended Sediment / H2O (dihydrogen monoxide)
Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rough Diamond
Diamond (pure carbon, C)
Rough Diamond
Diamond (Native Element Carbon, C)
Erythrite (or Lab-Grown Cobaltite/Cinnabar Analog)
Erythrite (Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O)
Labradorite
Labradorite (Plagioclase Feldspar Series) - (Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8
Quartz / River Cobble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Grey Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia)
Crystallized Carbon (C) for Diamond; Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2) for CZ
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)
Corundum (Sapphire variant)
Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Ironstone with Limonite/Goethite coating
Ferruginous Sedimentary Rock (contains Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Green Quartz (Prasiolite)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Aragonite Star Cluster
Aragonite (Sputnik habit) - CaesarCO3
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Honey Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz Geode
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Mica
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite Mica [KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2]
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Fuchsite
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 (Chromium-rich Muscovite)
Rough Topaz
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide [Al2SiO4(F, OH)2]
Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Schorl (Black Tourmaline)
Schorl (Sodium Iron Aluminum Borosilicate Hydroxide), NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Honey Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Cubic Zirconia (as used in jewelry setting)
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
Iron Ore (Goethite and Hematite)
Iron Oxyhydroxide (α-FeO(OH)) and Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Quartz Geode with Calcite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pyrite
Pyrite (FeS2)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (SiO2: Silicon Dioxide)
Quartzite
Quartzite (Primary mineral: SiO2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite with inclusions
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Cubic Zirconia (Diamond Simulant)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Obsidian (Arrowhead Lithic Tool)
Obsidian (Amorphous Volcanic Glass / SiO2 + inclusions)
Wishing Stone (Basalt or Mudstone with Quartz/Calcite Veins)
Hydrothermally veined Basalt (SiO2/CaCO3 intrusions)