Engineered Quartz
Silicon dioxide composite
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Browse manufactured stone specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Engineered Quartz
Silicon dioxide composite
Manufactured stone veneer wall
Likely cut limestone or sandstone masonry blocks; exact lithology is indeterminate from the image
Weathered stone nodule or concretion
Unidentified lithic concretion; composition cannot be determined from the image
Polished basalt pebble
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and commonly olivine
Small rounded pebble (likely quartz or quartz-rich stone)
Uncertain; possibly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Unidentified small mineral fragment
Possibly quartz or feldspar-bearing rock; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Colorless faceted gemstone (likely glass or cubic zirconia)
Likely cubic zirconia, ZrO₂; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Quartz-rich feldspathic rock, likely granite or granitic pegmatite
Granite/pegmatite composed mainly of quartz (SiO₂) and feldspar, with minor mica or iron-oxide staining
Likely slate fragment
Slate; fine-grained foliated metamorphic rock composed mainly of clay minerals, quartz, and mica
Tumbled orbicular granite (likely orbicular diorite)
Orbicular granitoid; chiefly quartz, feldspar, and dark amphibole/biotite minerals
Possible tumbled jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Dark rounded stone, possibly basalt
Likely fine-grained basalt; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Likely polished leopard-skin jasper or brecciated jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions; exact variety cannot be confirmed from the image alone
Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt with weathering/lichens
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Basalt (Extrusive volcanic rock)
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive igneous rock
Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Mafic extrusive igneous rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Mafic extrusive igneous rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive igneous rock
Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt (Micromount)
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Mafic extrusive igneous rock
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Flint (or Chert)
Silicon dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, $SiO_2$)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)