Blue Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral (chalcedony variety) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Dyed Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Blue Lace Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with trace minerals
Tumbled chalcedony (likely agate or jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished agate/jasper nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide impurities
Jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Black onyx-style bead bracelet
Likely polished black chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂); the beads may also be dyed agate or another black stone.
Polished carnelian agate
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, commonly chalcedony with iron-oxide coloring
Tumbled carnelian (orange chalcedony)
Carnelian, a microcrystalline quartz variety; SiO₂, commonly colored by dispersed iron oxides
Raw carnelian/chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), orange chalcedony with iron-oxide coloration
Polished agate (likely moss or plume agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, primarily chalcedony (SiO₂), with possible iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, likely brown agate or jasper
Microcrystalline silica (chalcedony/quartz, SiO₂), possibly iron-stained agate or jasper
Tumbled brown jasper (likely common jasper or chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, chiefly chalcedony/quartz with iron-oxide impurities
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian pebbles)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Agate/Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (Carnelian-Blue Agate mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (Chalcedony Variation)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper Pendant
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Red Jasper Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Tumbled chalcedony (likely mossy/inclusion-rich variety)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Blue Lace Agate
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2
Likely tumbled brown agate
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), a variety of chalcedony
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Blue-green agate bead bracelet
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), likely dyed blue-green
Orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron-bearing variety commonly called carnelian
Tumbled brown agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz), SiO₂, with iron-oxide coloration
Red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Agate
SiO2
Yellow jasper (likely iron-stained chert or quartzite)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides/hydroxides
Tumbled jasper, likely red jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chalcedony variety with iron-oxide impurities
Gray chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz)
Chalcedony, SiO₂; likely common gray/blue-gray variety
Tumbled Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide with hematite impurities (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities), SiO2
Banded Agate (Gray/Brown)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2 with Iron Oxide impurities)
Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)