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Foliated Metamorphic Rock (composed mainly of clay minerals or micas)
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Browse metamorphic rock (for nephrite and some jadeite); mineral (for jadeite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
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Foliated Metamorphic Rock (composed mainly of clay minerals or micas)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Peacock Ore (Bornite or Chalcopyrite treated with acid)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4) or Acid-washed Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Gneiss)
Smoky Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Gold Ore in Quartz
Native Gold (Au) in Quartz (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Quartz (likely)
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Yellow Chalcedony
Chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO₂)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gold (Elemental Metal)
Gold (Au)
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Ferruginous Breccia
Breccia with Iron-rich (Hematite/Goethite) Matrix
Basalt
Basalt
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na4Al3Si3O12Cl)
Clear/White Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Common Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye (commonly referred to as Blue/Gold Tiger's Eye)
Tiger's Eye is a variety of Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2, exhibiting chatoyancy. The blue variety is often called Hawk's Eye.
Metagabbro / Epidote Gneiss
Epidote bearing Hornblende Gneiss
Biotite Gneiss
Gneiss (complex mixture including Biotite K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2 and Quartz/Feldspar)
Tourmaline (likely Schorl)
Tourmaline Group Mineral (e.g., Schorl for black varieties); (Na,Ca)(Li,Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Collection of Minerals and Ores
Various (e.g., Uraninite (U3O8), Carbon (C), Native Gold (Au), Hematite (Fe2O3), Galena (PbS), etc.)
Gneiss (specifically Granitic Gneiss)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrophyre (Iron or Smelting Slag)
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Greenschist (containing chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
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.
Quartzite with inclusions
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Pyrite in Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mica Schist
Schist (Crystalline metamorphic rock)
Quartz (Pebble)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz (Milky/Common)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate
Chalcedony / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)