Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic rock (for nephrite and some jadeite); mineral (for jadeite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Gold Ore in Matrix
Native Gold (Au) in Quartz/Host Rock
Quartzite / Sandstone / Chert Mix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (Primary mineral: Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Milky Quartz
Quartz / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (complex metamorphic silicate rock)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Green Schist
Greenschist (composed of Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate (specifically Eye Agate / Chalcedony)
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz / Vein Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Smoky Quartz (with possible Feldspar inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Clear Quartz fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Biotite Schist
Biotite-rich Schist (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Milky Quartz (with Iron Oxide staining)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Garnet-Bearing Gneiss
Almandine-Garnet Gneiss
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Greenschist (Metamorphic rock dominated by chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Jasper, Agate, Quartz Mix (Polished Beads)
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide) for Quartz. Jasper and Agate are cryptocrystalline varieties of Quartz.
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Raw Emerald in Schist Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) in Mica Schist
Greenstone (Greenstone River Pebble)
Greenschist (metamorphosed mafic igneous rock)
Red Tiger's Eye beads
Tiger's Eye (variety of Chalcedony, SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Greenstone / Diabase Porphyry
Porphyritic Diabase (Micro-gabbro)
Blue Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with inclusions)
Unakite
Unakitized granodiorite / Quartz-Epidote-Feldspar rock
Milky Quartz (Crystal Cluster)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Quartz Variety
Orange Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Lapis Lazuli (Lazurite crystals on Marble)
Lazurite / (Na,Ca)8[(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2|(AlSiO4)6]
Red Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO₂ with iron oxide inclusions)
Riverstone Quartzite (Water-worn Siltstone/Quartzite)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Arenite (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore/Hydrated Iron Oxide)
Limonite (mixture of FeO(OH)·nH₂O minerals, mainly Goethite, FeO(OH) and Lepidocrocite, FeO(OH))
Serpentine
Serpentinite (group of minerals including Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile) (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)