Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic or sedimentary depending on local grade specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Diamond (in jewelry setting)
Adamantine Carbon (C)
Chalcedony Nodule (Carnelian/Agate)
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Wishing Stone (Quartz-Veined Pebble)
Hydrothermal Quartz in Metasedimentary Matrix (SiO2/Matrix)
Lapis Lazuli (prominent blue specimen in collection)
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl,OH)2
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
White Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Tremolite-Actinolite series (Nephrite) or NaAlSi2O6 (Jadeite)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 prominent)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (a variety of the Calcium magnesium iron silicate mineral series Actinolite), Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Greenstone (Rough Jadeite or Nephrite)
Sodium aluminum silicate (Jadeite) / Calcium magnesium iron silicate (Nephrite)
Greenschist (Greenstone)
Chlorite schist (primarily Chlorite-Epidote-Actinolite-Albite)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite (specifically Pink or Red Quartzite)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex silicate rock containing Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Pyrite, and Calcite)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (A metamorphic rock primarily composed of Lazurite: (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Orange Quartzite (Tumbled Beach Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz (Common Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Hag Stone
Perforated Chert (Microcrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Banded Calcite (often sold as Mexican Onyx or Aragonite)
Calcite/Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Rock (likely Dinosaur Fossil in Matrix)
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Calcium Carbonate/Silica replaced bone material)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Garnet (almandine or pyrope variety)
Silicate mineral Group: (Fe, Mg, Mn, Ca)3(Al, Fe, Cr)2(SiO4)3
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Lapis Lazuli Globe
Complex mixture of Lazurite ((Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2), Calcite, and Pyrite
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Quartzite (Milky)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Chalcedony (SiO2) after Crocidolite
White Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (complex rock composed of Lazurite, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Tiffany Stone
Bertrandite Fluorite (CaF2 + Be4Si2O7(OH)2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)