Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse metamorphic rock (variety of quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz (or Iron-Stained Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Schist
Mica Schist
River Quartz / Quartzite Pebbles
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Rough Garnet in Matrix
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2Si3O12)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Quartzite (Ferruginous)
Quartzite (major component SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Amethyst (Druze)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper with Quartz Veining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Agate (Slab)
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz (Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Stream-rounded)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomerate)
Quartz (Smoky/Grey variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Serpentine
Serpentine group, including Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Red Jasper with Quartz Veining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz with Iron Oxide impurities (Hematite)
Clear Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Banded Onyx (Calcite Marble)
Calcite (CaCO3) - Trap-rock or Cave Onyx
Jasper (Red/Brown Variety)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 plus Iron Oxide impurities)
Quartzite (Tumbled Pebble)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Greenstone (Epidote/Chlorite-rich Metabasalt)
Greenschist / Epidosite (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Banded Gneiss (with possible weathered sulfide or iron staining)
Gneiss, potentially with iron oxide/hydroxide staining (e.g., limonite) or weathered sulfides
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (variable mineral composition)
Gneiss
Metamorphic rock of high-grade regional metamorphism
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals: (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4)
Tiger's Eye (likely Hawk's Eye variant)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Chalk-associated Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)