Milky Quartz with Mineral Inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic, likely sedimentary with quartz veins specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Milky Quartz with Mineral Inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper with Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartz (Crystal Fragment)
Quartz / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Field Stone)
Microcrystalline / Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead Artifact)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically a weathered Chert nodule or fragment)
Chert; Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, Chalcedony, or Opal)
Ferruginous Sandstone (with possible trace fossils)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Agate (specifically a Blue Agate Geode Slice)
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz); SiO2
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely with Quartz Veining)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite (clastic/metamorphic subtype)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Sand Grain (Silica/Quartz Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with aluminum impurities)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine/Lemon Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rutilated Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) inclusions
Quartz-veined Siltstone/Greywacke
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Quartz Infill (SiO2 vein)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenstone with Epidote or Quartz Vein
Epidiorite or Metabasalt (composed largely of Chlorite, Epidote, and Amphibole)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz variety / Ferruginous Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Sandstone (Weathered Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Amazonite (Amazon Stone)
Tectosilicate Microcline (KAlSi3O8)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Basalt (Aphanitic Mafic Volcanic Rock) with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) inclusions
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Chert (containing fossil leaf impression)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)