Sand Grain (Silica/Quartz Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse man made mineral simulant (glass) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sand Grain (Silica/Quartz Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Chlorite/Epidote inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with phyllosilicate/sorosilicate inclusions
Quartz (Yellow / Citrine Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Yellow/Citrine Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Aventurine (specifically a carved crescent moon)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Likely weathered brown quartz-bearing rock
Tentatively weathered granite or granitic gneiss; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Tektite
Tektite (meteoritic glass)
Milky quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), commonly called milky quartz
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Chert (Chalcedony/Agate)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often found as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Spherulitic Cristobalite (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Sunstone-like Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz in Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Crystal Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Topaz
Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Tumbled chalcedony (likely carnelian/opaque agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony with iron-oxide staining
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with inclusions
Quartz Pebble (Milky and Gray)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Silicon
Silicon (Si)
Likely polished garnet
Garnet group; probably almandine, iron-aluminum silicate (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Quartz with Tourmaline and Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with accessory tourmaline and limonite
Quartz (Iron-Stained / Ferruginous Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Crystal Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished dendritic agate or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony with manganese-oxide dendrites
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)