Quartz Vein / Quartzite Specimens
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic or igneous with mineral inclusion specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz Vein / Quartzite Specimens
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Host Rock Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
SiO2
Sunstone
Oligoclase (Plagioclase Feldspar Group) - (Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8
Yellow Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions
Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (mica)
Tumbled green aventurine
Quartz (SiO₂) with fuchsite or other green mica inclusions
Quartz with inclusions
SiO2
Aventurine (Green Quartz)
Silicon dioxide with inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Inclusion
Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt) with SiO2 or CaCO3 vein
Green Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) containing Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Green aventurine (likely)
Quartz with green fuchsite inclusions; SiO₂
Red Jasper (Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Yellow Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Chalcedony (Grey/White Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Rutilated Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) inclusions
Mahogany Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Hematite/Magnetite (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Basalt with inclusion
Basalt (Aphanitic-Porphyritic texture)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Quartz with Mica inclusion
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite inclusions
Strawberry Quartz (or Hematoid Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Hematite or Goethite
Pyrite-bearing Schist
Pyritic Quartz-Mica Schist with FeS2 inclusion
Raw Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron silicate inclusions
Blue Quartz (potentially Dumortierite-included)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Tumbled moss agate (probable)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with chlorite/iron inclusions
Blue Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with possible feldspar, mica, and iron-oxide staining
Basalt Pebble with Quartz Inclusion
Basalt (SiO2 with Fe, Mg silicates) with Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz pebble with iron inclusion
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz crystal cluster
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz Druzy / Quartz Crystal Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Fuchsite (or Chlorite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 (Fuchsite)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Yellow Aventurine
Quartz containing Muscovite or Mica inclusions (SiO2)
Quartz with Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone (likely milky quartz/quartzite)
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite with minor iron-oxide staining
Tumbled green aventurine
Quartz (SiO₂), typically colored by fuchsite or other chromium-bearing inclusions