Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic (low grade) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Anthracite
Anthracite Coal
Lapis Lazuli (Tumbled Stone)
Na6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,S,Cl)2 (predominantly Lazurite)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Marble (Carrara Marble style)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Unakite (Epidotized Granite)
Epidotized Granite
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]S2 (Lazurite component), a rock composed primarily of Lazurite, Calcite, and Pyrite
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Rough Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Blue Quartzite
Quartzite with inclusions (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Tiger Iron
Tiger Iron (A complex combination of Hematite Fe2O3, Red Jasper SiO2, and Tiger's Eye SiO2/FeOOH)
Prasiolite (Green Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Optical Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si‑₆O₁₈)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-rich metamorphic sedimentary rock)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orthoclase Feldspar
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Orthoclase Feldspar
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Pyrite (Iron Pyrite)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Complex rock primarily containing Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2
Tiger Iron / Banded Iron Formation
Banded Iron Formation (SiO2 with Fe2O3 and FeOOH)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (mainly SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Lapis Lazuli (Tumbled)
Lazurite-dominated contact metamorphic rock
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Charoite
Charoite (Hydrated potassium, sodium, calcium, barium, strontium silicate hydroxide fluoride)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]Sn (Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Red Quartzite / Ferruginous Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Primary mineral: Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl)2)
Shungite
Non-crystalline carbon (Fullerenes)