Shatter Cone
Impactite (Shatter Cone texture)
metamorphic
Category
Metamorphic Rock (For Both Nephrite And Jadeite)
Browse metamorphic rock (for both nephrite and jadeite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
metamorphic
Gneiss with Quartz Veining
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
metamorphic
Green Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with chlorite inclusions)
metamorphic
Graphite Schist
C (Carbonaceous Schist)
metamorphic
Man-made Carved Stone (Scream Mask/Skull motif)
Carved Soapstone or Serpentine-rich rock
Anthropogenic (Man-made artifact)
Quartzite Pebble (River Rock)
Quartzite (mainly SiO2)
metamorphic
Quartz / Quartzite
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
metamorphic
Serpentinite (River Pebble)
Serpentinite (complex of Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
metamorphic
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
metamorphic
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Greenschist (containing chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
metamorphic
Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Limonite/Hematite inclusions
mineral
River Quartzite (or Quartz Cobble)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
metamorphic
Quartz Vein in Host Rock (Likely Slate or Shale)
Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) in Pelitic host rock
metamorphic
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (complex silicate minerals including Lizardite, Antigorite, and Chrysotile)
metamorphic
Schist
Crystalline Schist (often containing Muscovite, Biotte, or Quartz)
metamorphic
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silica / Silicon Dioxide), SiO2
mineral
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Mineral
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions)
metamorphic
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Granite Gneiss
Felsic Gneiss
metamorphic
Quartz Vein in Host Rock (Breccia/Rhyolite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with matrix
Mineral in Igneous/Sedimentary host
Schist with Biotite Inclusion
Biotite-bearing Mica Schist (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
metamorphic
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphic rock consisting primarily of Quartz (SiO2)
metamorphic
Mica Schist
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (rich in Muscovite or Biotite)
metamorphic
Marble (Carrara style)
Recrystallized Calcite-rich Metamorphic Rock (CaCO3)
metamorphic
Gneiss
High-grade regional metamorphic rock (Foliated)
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock (complex silicate)
metamorphic
Gneiss (Metamorphic Cobble)
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-rich Sedimentary-to-Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Metamorphic
Gneiss (specifically a Banded Gneiss pebble)
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Gneiss (specifically Micaceous Gneiss)
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Pink Quartz (Inclusion-rich Quartzite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with Iron Oxide / Hematite inclusions
metamorphic