Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral, often found as detrital grains in sedimentary rocks specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Jasper with Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Dark-colored Igneous Rock (likely Basalt or Diabase)
Basalt (extrusive igneous) or Diabase (intrusive igneous)
Kyanite (Purple variety)
Kyanite (Al₂SiO₅)
Honey Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Green Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Jasper
Quartz (SiO2) with impurities
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Shale or Slate with Quartz Veins
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock) or Slate (low-grade metamorphic rock formed from shale) with Quartz (SiO2) veins
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Wonderstone)
Silicified Sandstone / Orthoquartzite with Liesegang rings
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Yellow Jasper / Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite or Limonite inclusions
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (Druzy/Macro-crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (Potassium Mica) KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18), specifically the blue-green variety
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (Formula: (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Granite (Dioritic or Hornblende-rich)
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic to Intermediate Igneous Rock
Sandstone with Foliose Lichen
Arenite (Rock matrix) with Xanthoparmelia or Flavoparmelia (Lichen genus)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (predominantly Quartz with Hematite cementation)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide / Hematite cementation)
Chalcedony (Common Opal variant or Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Field Stone)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Arenite with Limonite/Goethite cement
Banded Agate (Orca Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Granite (specifically Rapakivi Granite)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Red Granite
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (chiefly SiO2)