Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Category
Browse metamorphic rock (for nephrite and some jadeite); mineral (for jadeite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Quartz Vein / Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock)
Quartz Geode (partially formed/chalcedony with iron staining)
Quartz (SiO2) with Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz) and likely Iron Oxides/Hydroxides
Wishing Stone (Gneiss or Basalt with Quartz Vein)
Gneiss or Metabasalt (with a Quartz or Calcite intrusion)
Gold-bearing Quartz
Auriferous Quartz (SiO2 with Native Gold inclusion)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Amazonite
Amazonite (KAlSi3O8, a variety of Microcline)
Ferruginous Sandstone (with Iron Oxide staining)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Quartz Arenite/Wacke
Emerald in Matrix (Quartz/Schist)
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Serpentine, likely a variety of Chrysoprase (green chalcedony) or a similar translucent green mineral.
Serpentine Group Minerals (e.g., Antigorite, Lizardite) or Chalcedony (SiO2) with nickel impurities for Chrysoprase green.
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Schist)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Pyrite on Quartz matrix
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Fossilized Crinoid Stem
Class Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Druzy Quartz on Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Biotite Mica
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrated copper and aluminum phosphate)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite / Chlorapatite [Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)]
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ / Silicon Dioxide)
Grey Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenschist (Greenstone)
Greenschist
Garnet Schist
Almandine-Muscovite Schist
Unakite (Epidotized Granite)
Unakite; primarily composed of Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)), Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8), and Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzite-rich Cobble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Blue Quartz (Dumortierite Quartz)
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions of Dumortierite (Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Goethite-rich Concretion (FeO(OH))
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
River Quartzite Siltstone
Quartz-rich Meta-siltstone (SiO2 dominated)
Sandstone (specifically Cross-bedded Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Schist
Schist (metamorphic rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gritstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock with iron-rich cement (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite-stained Siltstone
Ironstone (primarily Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2O and Siltstone)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock (Gneiss/Schist)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a metamorphic matrix
Concretion
Various mineral compositions, typically carbonate or iron oxide cemented sediment
Quartz (beads)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite