Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
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Browse microcrystalline quartz specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Tumbled brown chalcedony (likely jasper or chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; opaque varieties are commonly called jasper or chert
Polished carnelian (red-orange chalcedony)
Carnelian, a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂)
Polished orange chalcedony or carnelian
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely carnelian
Agate Nodule (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Lake Superior Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony / Quartz, SiO2)
Weathered jasper pebble (probable red jasper/chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silica/Microcrystalline Quartz with Hematite inclusions), SiO2
Melo Melo Pearl (or Golden Chalcedony / Yellow Jasper Sphere)
Non-nacreous calcium carbonate pearl (or SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Likely jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Agate Geode Node
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled brown chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly iron-bearing jasper
Banded Agate (specifically Eye Agate / Chalcedony)
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or chert
Quartz (SiO₂), likely in a quartzite matrix; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Likely chert or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly waxy chalcedony or chert
Tumbled orange chalcedony or carnelian
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/carnelian
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Fossilized Gastropod Shell
Gastropoda (Fossilized internal mold or shell body)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2) with Hematite (Fe2O3) impurities
Red Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Kambaba Jasper (Crocodile Jasper)
Fossilized Stromatolite (Cyanobacteria microfossils in silica Matrix)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron silicate inclusions
Jasper with Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Jasper (Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Possible tumbled jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Polished brecciated jasper
Jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), brecciated variety
Botryoidal chalcedony/geode fragment
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide coated
Tumbled pale-blue chalcedony (likely blue lace agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony, possibly banded blue lace agate
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Polished brown jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Tumbled amber-brown chalcedony (probable carnelian/ag ate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely iron-stained chalcedony (carnelian)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Jasper (Green Jasper / Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with inclusions)
Tumbled jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; likely iron-stained jasper
Botryoidal chalcedony (possibly agate/geode material)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; commonly intergrown with calcite and iron oxides
Red jasper (iron-rich chert), possibly brecciated
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) colored by hematite and goethite
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Black Onyx or Dyed Agate Node
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished brown-and-cream jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or common jasper)
Jasper, opaque microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities