Aquamarine
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈), specifically a blue or cyan variety
Category
Browse man made byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or emerald) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈), specifically a blue or cyan variety
Quartz (Iron-Stained Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion (Iron-rich Mudstone)
Siderite / Geothite concretion (FeCO3 / FeO(OH))
Chalk
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ironstone Concretion (Ironstone Gourd)
Limonite/Goethite Concretion (FeOO(H))
Chert (and Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Obsidian (Apache Tear)
Obsidian / Amorphous Volcanic Glass (main component: SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite-stained Siltstone
Ironstone (primarily Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2O and Siltstone)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rainbow Hematite (Man-made/Treated)
Tumbled Hematite with Titanium/Anodized coating (Iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3)
Pumice
Vesicular Rhyolite or Dacite
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead Fragment)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Bog Iron / Limonite Concretion
Goethite/Limonite mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Pyrite in Matrix (Commonly called Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Liesegang Banded Sandstone (Wonderstone)
Ferruginous Sandstone with Liesegang Rings
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Gold
Native Gold (Au)
Chert (specifically Black Chert or Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Aragonite (specifically Mexican Marbled Onyx)
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Aquamarine
Aquamarine (Beryl variety); Be3Al2Si6O18
Chert (specifically Flint or Common Chert node)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Boxwork Siderite or Sepatarian Nodule Weathering
Siderite (FeCO3) with secondary mineralization or Boxwork Geode fragment
Chert (Grey-Green Flint)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Red Chert (Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2-dominant rock)
Blue Quartzite (Blue Aventurine / Dumortierite Quartz)
Quartzite with inclusions (SiO2 with AlAl4BSi3O18)
Amazonite
Amazonite (KAlSi3O8); a green variety of Microcline feldspar
Obsidian / Chert (Arrowhead Artifact)
Obsidian (volcanic glass, SiO2 with impurities)
Quartz Pebble (Sea Glass-like Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Amethyst (Quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Sodalite
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite Node
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O) with Goethite/Hematite
Blue Quartz (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions (commonly Dumortierite)
Dalmation Stone (Dalmation Jasper)
Peralkaline rock (primarily Feldspar and Quartz with Arfvedsonite spots)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Green Aventurine (Green Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Sodalite
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Quartz variety (SiO2 with inclusions)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)