Quartz Pebble (Citrine-colored or Stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic rock (for both nephrite and jadeite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz Pebble (Citrine-colored or Stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite (on Quartz/Host Rock)
Iron Sulfide (FeS₂)
Copper-bearing Mica Schist
Mica Schist with Native Copper inclusions
Unakite
Unakite (Altered Granite)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Wishing Stone with Quartz Vein
Hydrothermal Quartz Vein in Metasedimentary Matrix (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite Cobble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Greenschist
Greenschist (composed primarily of Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Green Aventurine (Green Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite with Hematite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (specifically Milky/Gray Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Schist
Greenschist (composed of Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Greenschist
Greenschist facies rock (containing chlorite, actinolite, albite, and epidote)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock of variable composition, typically SiO2 rich)
Quartz (Milky/Smoky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Serpentine
Antigorite/Lizardite (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
Mica Schist
Schist (Biotite/Muscovite rich)
Tiger's Eye (Unpolished)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz)
Quartzite (Potentially Ferruginous)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (Iron-Stained Quartz)
Quartzite (SiO2 with Fe-oxide impurities)
Serpentine (Serpentinite)
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Jasper in Quartzite (likely Cinnabar or Iron inclusions)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex silicate rock containing Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (principally SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (composed mainly of Quartz, Illite, and Chlorite)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-based metamorphic rock, 86-97% C)
Granite Gneiss
High-grade regional metamorphic rock (Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss)