Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Greenschist
Greenschist facies rock (containing chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Almandine-Pyrope Garnet)
Quartzite (River Stone)
Quartzite
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Rock Crystal
Rough Dark Green Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Epidosite (Epidote-rich rock)
Epidotalite (primarily Ca2(Al2Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Schist (Micaceous Schist)
Schist (containing mainly Muscovite and Quartz)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (mainly SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (River Stone)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite (specifically a river-worn cobble)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite with Iron Hydroxide Staining
Quartzite (primarily SiO2) with Limonite/Goethite staining
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (containing minerals of the Serpentine subgroup: Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile; formula (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4)
Schist
Mica Schist
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
River Pebbles and Quartz
Mixed Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks (Silicon Dioxide SiO2 dominant)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
River Pebble (Quartzite/Sandstone mix)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8(Al6Si6O24)S2 (composed primarily of Lazurite, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Garnet in Matrix (likely Almandine in Quartz/Mica Schist)
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) in Quartz-Feldspar host rock
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite with Quartz Vein
Quartzite (SiO2)
Serpentine
Serpentinite (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Quartzite (Tumbled Pebble)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebbles
Quartzite (SiO2 silicon dioxide dominant)
Riverstone Quartzite (Water-worn Siltstone/Quartzite)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Arenite (SiO2)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Complex Silicate Rock)
Quartzite with Chert inclusions
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock (SiO2)
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine Geode Fragment
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Impurities), SiO2
Slate
Slate (Foliated metamorphic rock consisting mainly of quartz and muscovite or illite)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (primarily composed of quartz, illite, chlorite, and micas)
Quartzite Pebble (River Rock)
Metamorphic Quartzite (predominantly SiO2)
Rough Garnet in Matrix
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2Si3O12)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)