Mixed mineral and rock collection
Predominantly quartz varieties, including amethyst, plus likely calcite, feldspar, mica, and miscellaneous polished stones
Category
Browse metamorphic, likely sedimentary with quartz veins specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Mixed mineral and rock collection
Predominantly quartz varieties, including amethyst, plus likely calcite, feldspar, mica, and miscellaneous polished stones
Polished green aventurine
Quartzite or quartz-rich rock containing fuchsite mica; mainly SiO₂
Milky quartz with dark host-rock inclusions
Quartz (SiO₂), likely in a granitic or metamorphic matrix
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (likely a form of massive or vein quartz)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartzite with inclusions or a banded chert
Quartzite or Chert
Quartz Pebble (Tumbled / Beach Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-rich rock, possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), potentially quartzite if the grainy texture is rock-wide
White quartz-rich pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Pink-and-green quartz-rich rock, likely rose quartz with epidote/serpentine
Quartz (SiO₂), variably colored by iron, with possible epidote, chlorite, or serpentine inclusions
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, likely quartzite or silicified breccia
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite with limonite/goethite iron oxides
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock (likely quartzite or quartz vein material)
Quartz (SiO₂), commonly with limonite/goethite iron oxides; possible quartzite matrix
Quartz (Milky/Cloudy Variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz-veined weathered host rock
Quartz (SiO₂) in a likely altered limestone or metamorphic carbonate host
Quartz (specifically Milky/White Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz (Milky/Smoky variety on matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Matrix / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
White quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartzite or milky-quartz pebble (SiO₂)
Milky Quartz (Common Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Cobble with Quartz Vein
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Tumbled jasper pebble
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, commonly brecciated or iron-stained jasper (SiO₂)
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or hydrothermal quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron oxides; exact host rock uncertain from the photograph
White Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite in Matrix (likely Quartz or Coal)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Milky quartz (massive quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Milky quartz (rough quartz specimen)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz, Sandstone, and Siltstone specimens
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) and Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Banded Gneiss (with Quartz Vein)
Gneiss (SiO2 and varied Silicates)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Quartz (SiO2) in metamorphic host rock (likely schist or phyllite)
Likely weathered quartz or quartz-rich pebble
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide staining and attached host rock
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), commonly massive or vein quartz
Bull Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (with Epidote/Quartz veining)
Cryptocrystalline silica (SiO2) with Epidote/Quartz inclusions
White quartz in dark matrix (likely quartz-bearing breccia or polished composite specimen)
Quartz, SiO₂, in an unidentified dark silicate matrix
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or a pale quartzite fragment