Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Category
Browse mineral, often found as a rock (metamorphic) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Coarse Sand Grain / Lithic Fragment
Clastic Sediment (Lithic fragment or Quartz/Feldspar grain)
Greenstone / Greenschist
Chlorite schist / Epidiorite
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Green Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Schist
Mica Schist
Magnetite (Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Marble
Metamorphosed Limestone/Dolomite
Gneiss Pebble
Gneiss
Gneiss
Foliated Metamorphic Gneiss
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Biotite on Matrix
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Red Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 + Hematite/Goethite)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Orca Agate (Blue Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote in Matrix (likely Amphibolite or Gneiss)
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)) in Metamorphic Matrix
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Shale
Fissile mudrock (composed primarily of clay minerals and quartz)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Specular Hematite
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Sedimentary Rock (Clastic)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 with Siderite/Limonite streaks)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble type)
Iron oxide concretion (Goethite/Hematite and Sandstone)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Prasiolite and Quartz Crystal Cluster
Quartz (SiO2); Prasiolite is a variety of Quartz
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Pyrite
Pyrite (FeS2)
Shale
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Veining
Basalt (principally Plagioclase and Pyroxene)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Quartz / Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Zoisite with Ruby
Anyolite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) with Al2O3:Cr)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrous ferric oxide)