Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 - Aluminum Oxide with Iron and Titanium impurities)
Category
Browse metamorphic (likely gneiss or schist based on texture) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 - Aluminum Oxide with Iron and Titanium impurities)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (with possible trace fossils)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) with Chromium and/or Vanadium impurities
Firewood (Wood Log)
Lignum (Plant tissue composed of cellulose and lignin)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite or Iron Oxide inclusions
Feldspar-rich Quartzite
Feldspathic Quartzite (Metamorphosed Sandstone)
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Beryl (Emerald Variety)
Beryllium Aluminum Silicate (Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Quartzite Pebble (with Iron Staining)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite (River Stone)
Quartzite (composed primarily of Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fuchsite
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 (Chromium-rich Muscovite)
Pebble (likely a type of sandstone or quartzite pebble)
Clastic Sediment (specifically, a rudite-sized clast). If the pebble is composed of a specific rock type, its scientific name would be that rock type (e.g., 'Quartzite pebble', 'Granite pebble', 'Chert pebble'). Given its appearance, it is likely a metamorphic quartzite pebble or a hard sandstone pebble.
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon based fossil fuel)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Citrine
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amazonite (likely mixed with other feldspars/minerals)
Amazonite is a variety of Microcline, which is a tectosilicate mineral, formula KAISi3O8. The mixed beads could include other feldspars or quartz.
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cement (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Ambergris
Ambrein (C30H52O Derivative)
Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Orange Quartzite / Quartz River Siltstone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8(Al6Si6O24)S2 (Lazurite is the primary constituent mineral)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Raw Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Chromium/Vanadium impurities)
Sandstone (Banded Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Beryl (var. Heliodor or Aquamarine)
Beryllium Aluminum Cyclosilicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Basalt with Magnetite
Crystalline Basalt (Primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene) with Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Quartzite Pebble (with Iron Staining)
Quartzite (mainly SiO2)
Sapphire (Raw/Rough)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18)