Milky Quartz
Quartz / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic or sedimentary (with staining) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Milky Quartz
Quartz / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unakite
Unakite Epidosite (composite of Epidote, Orthoclase, and Quartz)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz)
Schist
Crystalline Metamorphic Rock (Schistose)
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-dominant Metamorphic Rock (complex aluminosilicate)
Red Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Greenstone (Epidote/Chlorite Rich Rock)
Metabasalt (often contains Epidote Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Unakite (Epidotized Granite)
Epidotized Granite (mixture of Orthoclase, Epidote, and Quartz)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Quartz-Biotit-Muscovite Schist)
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with Fuchsite inclusions
Schorl (Black Tourmaline)
NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 (Complex Borosilicate)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Blue Quartz with Dumortierite/Magnesio-riebeckite inclusions
Quartz (SiO2) containing Dumortierite (Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote with Pietersite or Red Jasper (Ca2Al2Fe3+[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH))
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Schist
Schist (Crystalline metamorphic rock)
Fulgurite
Fulgurite (Lechatelierite-rich variety)
Wishing Stone with Quartz Vein
Hydrothermal Quartz Vein in Metasedimentary Matrix (primarily SiO2)
Anyolite (Ruby in Zoisite)
Zoisite with inclusions of Corundum; Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) + Al2O3
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Tectosilicate (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl,OH)2
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]Sn (Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock)
Blue Aventurine
Quartzite with inclusions of Dumortierite (SiO2 + Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Star Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with chromium and rutile inclusions)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3) with traces of Iron and Titanium
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Jadeite
NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Charoite
Charoite (Hydrated potassium sodium calcium barium strontium silicate hydroxyfluoride)
Moonstone (Feldspar variety)
Orthoclase Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Charoite
Charoite (Hydrated potassium sodium calcium barium strontium silicate hydroxyfluoride)
Green Aventurine (worked as a bead/sphere)
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Red Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Rhodonite in Quartz Matrix
Rhodonite (Manganese Silicate - (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3)
Lapis Lazuli (Tumbled)
Lazurite-dominated contact metamorphic rock
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Garnet Rhyolite
Rhyolite (high-silica volcanic rock) with almandine/spessartine garnet
Quartz (Milky or Cloudy variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)