Auriferous Quartz (Gold-bearing Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Gold (Au) and Iron Oxides
Category
Browse metamorphic or igneous with mineral inclusion specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Auriferous Quartz (Gold-bearing Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Gold (Au) and Iron Oxides
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite with Quartz
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Tumbled green aventurine (probable), with blue-gray tumbled stones
Aventurine quartz, SiO₂ with fuchsite or other mica inclusions; blue stones may be sodalite or dyed quartz
Green Aventurine in Host Rock
Quartz (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky/inclusion-rich quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky quartz (likely quartz-rich rock)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Magnetite (Loadstone candidate)
Iron(II,III) oxide (Fe3O4)
Quartz with inclusions
SiO2
Milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz (Milky Quartz/Citrine Type)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Likely milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Gold-Bearing Quartz Ore
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Trace Aurum (Au)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Hematite)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony - SiO2)
Garnet in Schist (Mica Schist with Garnet Inclusion)
Garnetiferous Mica Schist (X3Al2(SiO4)3)
Orange Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Blue Quartzite
Quartzite with inclusions (often Dumortierite or Magnesio-riebeckite)
Ruby
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3)
Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz with Muscovite Mica
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride [KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2]
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Rock composed mainly of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite)
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Milky quartz (rough quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Rhodonite, Gray Moonstone, and White Feldspar Mix
Multiple: MnSiO3 (Rhodonite), (K,Na)AlSi3O8 (Feldspar/Moonstone)
Milky quartz (rough fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Rounded, porphyritic volcanic pebble (likely andesite)
Porphyritic andesite; exact identification requires examination or testing
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Staurolite (Cross Stone)
Staurolite (Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH))
Tumbled/polished quartz crystal point
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely a pale smoky or milky variety
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein / Quartz Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sunstone
Oligoclase (Feldspar variety), (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Quartzite Pebble (with possible inclusion)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2 with impurities)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)