Black Diamond / Black Sapphire
Carbon (C) or Corundum (Al2O3)
Category
Browse marble specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Black Diamond / Black Sapphire
Carbon (C) or Corundum (Al2O3)
Serpentine-rich serpentinite pebble
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (chrysotile, lizardite, antigorite), commonly with magnetite and relict olivine/pyroxene
Cleavable Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tumbled zebra stone, likely zebra marble or banded calcite
Zebra marble (recrystallized calcite, CaCO₃), possibly black-and-white banded calcite
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Crinoid Fossil in Limestone
Class Crinoidea in Carbonate Matrix (CaCO3)
Tumbled yellow calcite
Calcite, CaCO₃
Quartz-rich metamorphic pebble, likely quartzite
Quartzite, composed predominantly of quartz (SiO₂)
Yellow Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide staining)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite Pebbles
Metamorphosed Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (chiefly SiO2)
Quartzite with Chlorite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2) with phyllosilicates
Iron-stained Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
Banded Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with trace impurities)
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-dominant Metamorphic Rock (complex aluminosilicate)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite (Tumbled Pebble)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Amazonite
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 silicon dioxide)
Quartzite (Iron-stained)
Quartzite (mostly SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Marble (Sculptural Statue)
Metamorphic Limestone (CaCO3)
Crystalline limestone (marble-like calcite rock)
Calcite, CaCO₃; likely recrystallized limestone (marble)
Likely limestone or calcareous shale
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), possibly micritic limestone
Polished black-and-white banded stone, likely a dendritic agate or marble
Uncertain; probable calcite marble or chalcedony agate with white mineral veining
Lapis lazuli bead bracelet
Lapis lazuli: a rock composed mainly of lazurite, with variable calcite and pyrite
White Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Tremolite-Actinolite / Sodium Aluminum Silicate (NaAlSi2O6)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ruby (faceted)
Corundum (Al2O3 with chromium traces)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (composed primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Raw Ruby (Corundum)
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3)