Shatter Cone
Impactite (Shatter Cone texture)
Category
Browse metamorphic (altered igneous rock) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Shatter Cone
Impactite (Shatter Cone texture)
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper / Silicate
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt River Cobble
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2, Silicon Dioxide)
Serpentine Schist with Quartz Vein
Serpentine Schist (a type of Metamorphic rock). The white band is likely Quartz (SiO2).
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Ruby in Zoisite with Hornblende
Anyolite (Ruby: Al2O3, Zoisite: Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH))
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist (Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite Pebble (with Iron Inclusions)
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Pink Quartzite
Silica (SiO2) - Metamorphic rock
Quartzite pebble
Metamorphic rock (mainly SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Metamorphic Quartz-rich Rock
Slate
Slate (Foliated metamorphic rock)
Phyllite
Phyllite (Foliated metamorphic rock)
Mica Schist
Schist (Crystalline metamorphic rock)
Boxwork Quartz / Septarian Jasper
Boxwork (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Epidote with quartz/feldspar
Epidote, Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2)
Ruby
Corundum (mineral species), variety: Ruby (Al2O3 with Cr3+ as the chromophore)
Granite
Plutonic felsic rock (Quartz, Feldspar, Mica)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (SiO ₂)
Cloudy Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with limonite/hematite staining
Granite
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphibole)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Rutilated Quartz
Quartz (SiO2) with Rutile (TiO2) inclusions
Prehnite
Prehnite, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock type, not a single mineral, composed primarily of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock (Pebble)
Quartz (SiO2) with sandstone or siltstone matrix