Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
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Browse industrial byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Schorl (Black Tourmaline) in Pegmatite
Sodium Iron Aluminum Borosilicate (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Chalcedony (Moonstone variant or White Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium)
Garnet Schist
Almandine-bearing Mica Schist
Sapphire (Blue)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Porphyritic Basalt (with Lath-like Phenocrysts)
Porphyritic Basalt
Greywacke (River Pebble)
Greywacke sandstone with quartz veining
Quartz Druzy on Matrix (likely Agate or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various mineral inclusions
Banded Chert (Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist (Group of medium-grade metamorphic rocks)
White Agate (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
Bouncy Ball (Synthetic Rubber Polymer)
Polybutadiene / Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Silver (Native Element)
Silver (Ag) in an alloy of 90% Silver and 10% Copper
Agate (Slab)
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 - Aluminum Oxide)
Basalt
Mafic Igneous Rock
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Stilbite
Stilbite-Ca (NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O)
Honey Calcite (Yellow Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Aquamarine on Feldspar Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Greenschist (Metamorphic rock dominated by chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Chert (Cherty Limestone / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Agate
Banded Chalcedony (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Quartzite cobblestone
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Diamond
Diamond (Pure Carbon - C)
Banded Flint (Polished Stripe Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chert
Chalcedony (Agate/Quartz variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Iron-potassium phyllosilicate mineral: (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide and clay inclusions
Chert (Iron-stained)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gerrit)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cementation
Green Apophyllite and Stilbite on Quartz Cluster
Apophyllite-(K) (KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH)·8H2O), Stilbite-Ca (NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O), Quartz (SiO2)
Kaolinite Claystone
Al2Si2O5(OH)4 (Kaolinite)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3