Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Category
Browse metamorphic rock (for nephrite and some jadeite); mineral (for jadeite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Emerald In Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with trace Chromium/Vanadium
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) Rock
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Garnet Schist or Garnet-bearing Quartzite
Metamorphic rock containing Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) and Quartz (SiO2)
Nuummite
Nuummite (Orthoamphibole rock / Anthophyllite-Gedrite blend)
Fuchsite on Quartz
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) with Chromium impurities
Pyrite in Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet-Bearing Schist
Almandine Garnet Micaceous Schist
Schist
Schist (primarily mica-schist)
Schist (Micaceous Schist)
Schist (containing mainly Muscovite and Quartz)
Yellow Quartzite (Beach Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (A metamorphic rock primarily composed of Lazurite: (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, along with Calcite and Pyrite)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Unakite
Unakite (altered granitic rock)
Copper-bearing Mica Schist
Mica Schist with Native Copper inclusions
Slate
Slate (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Coarse Sand Grain / Lithic Fragment
Clastic Sediment (Lithic fragment or Quartz/Feldspar grain)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica)
Quartzite with Quartz Vein
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Arenite (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with inclusions of iron oxide)
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Sunstone
Oligoclase or Andesine (Labradorite) Feldspar (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Green Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Green Tourmaline
Verdelite (Silicate mineral); Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Smoky Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Rough Green QuartzITE / Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 + Cr-muscovite inclusions)
Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (Moss or Dendritic Agate)
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slate
Slate (Foliated metamorphic rock)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fuchsite (Green Muscovite)
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Amethyst
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron impurities and natural radiation influence)
Quartz (Milky or Common Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)