Clear Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic rock (for nephrite and some jadeite); mineral (for jadeite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Potassium Feldspar (Orthoclase)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Goethite)
Ironstone Nodules (Iron Concretion)
Siderite or Hematite Concretion
Sandstone (Siltstone or Fine-grained)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (Rock Crystal) with minor impurities
Quartz (SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam)
Class Bivalvia (e.g., Exogyra or Gryphaea species)
Demantoid Garnet on Matrix
Demantoid (variety of Andradite Garnet) - Ca3(Fe3+)2(SiO4)3
Smoky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) - SiO2
Greenstone
Chlorite schist or metabasalt depending on specific composition
Agate
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Greenstone / Greenschist
Greenschist (contains chlorite, epidote, actinolite)
Quartz-Veined Sandstone
Quartz-veined Arenite
Gneiss
Gneiss
Slate with Quartz
Low-grade Metamorphic Slate with SiO2 inclusions
Greenstone / Metabasalt
Chlorite schist or Epidiorite
Schist
Mica Schist
Gneiss
Gneiss
Almandine Garnet
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Sodalite
Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl,OH)2
Clear Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3Si2O5(OH)4
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Pegmatite with Quartz and Feldspar
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Peach Moonstone (Feldspar variety)
Orthoclase Feldspar (KAlSi3O8) with inclusions
Black Shale
Argillaceous Chert/Shale
Schist
Schist
Greenstone
Chlorite schist or Epidosite
Serpentine
Serpentinite (rock), Serpentine group minerals (e.g., Antigorite, Lizardite, Chrysotile)
Moonstone
Orthoclase (Potassium Aluminum Silicate, KAlSi3O8) with inclusions of Albite
Gneiss (specifically Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone with Iron Staining
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe-oxide impurities)
Iron Concretion
Ferruginous concretion (Fe2O3·nH2O / FeO(OH))
Gneiss
High-grade foliated metamorphic rock
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Raw Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron silicate inclusions
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Boulder
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite / Ironstone Pebble
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (pronounced "nice")