Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral, often found as a rock (metamorphic) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 - Aluminum Oxide with Iron and Titanium impurities)
Shale or Argillite
Shale (sedimentary) / Argillite (metamorphic)
Magnetite (potentially as a Lodestone or within Ironstone)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and various Micas)
Green Aventurine (Green Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Gneiss (specifically a granitic gneiss cobble)
Gneiss (high-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Wishing Stone with Quartz Vein
Hydrothermal Quartz Vein in Metasedimentary Matrix (primarily SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Jasper or Chert with Quartz Vugs
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss (River Rock/Pebble)
Gneiss (specifically a banded variety, likely a orthogneiss or paragneiss depending on parent rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Primary mineral: Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl)2)
Red Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite / KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Schist (Chlorite or Mica-rich)
Chlorite Schist
Quartzite
Quartzite (Primary mineral: Silicon Dioxide, SiO₂)
River Quartz Pitting/Cobble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz in Matrix (possibly with Biotite or Hornblende)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) in Granitic Matrix
Epidosite (Epidote-rich rock)
Epidosite (consisting primarily of Epidote: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH))
Quartz (in a rock matrix)
Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Yellow Jasper
Jasper (SiO2) with iron hydroxide inclusions
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Zebra Rock / Zebra Marble
Banded Limestone-Marble Transition
Phyllite
Phyllite (Foliated metamorphic rock)
Greenstone / Diabase Porphyry
Porphyritic Diabase (Micro-gabbro)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Quartz (Milky or Cloudy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Schist)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)