Granite
Granite
Category
Browse mineral (evaporite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Granite
Granite
Diamond (or high-quality simulant like Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C) - Native Element
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Vesicular Basalt with Zeolite
Mafic volcanic rock with Hydrated Aluminosilicate minerals (Zeolite group)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Shale or Argillite
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock) or Argillite (low-grade metamorphic rock derived from shale)
Vesicular Basalt
Basalt with secondary mineral infilling (Amygdaloidal Basalt)
Granite Pebble
Granitoid (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Schorl (Black Tourmaline)
NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Clear Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Iron-stained Quartz (with Limonite/Hematite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions (FeO(OH) or Fe2O3)
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Aventurine and Clear Quartz
Aventurine (variety of Quartz - SiO2) and Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic silicate rock)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz)
Schist
Crystalline Metamorphic Rock (Schistose)
Serpentine Jade (New Jade/Olive Jade)
Serpentinite (a rock composed primarily of serpentine minerals) / Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 for Antigorite and Lizardite
Mica (Biotite or Phlogopite variety)
Phyllosilicate (complex mineral formula involving K, Mg, Fe, Al, Si, and O)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of SiO2)
Lepidolite
K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2
Chrysocolla
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O
Specular Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Botryoidal Lace Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Malachite
Copper(II) carbonate hydroxide, Cu2CO3(OH)2
Greenschist (Greenstone)
Greenschist
Granite
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphibole)
Granite
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz SiO2, Potassium Feldspar KAlSi3O8, and Plagioclase)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate Plutonic Rock)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Gold-bearing Quartz and Pyrite
Auriferous Quartz (SiO2 + Au) with Pyrite (FeS2)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Vesicular Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Sand (Construction Grade)
Unconsolidated siliciclastic sediment (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (predominantly SiO2)
Granite (including Pegmatite variants)
Phaneritic Plutonic Rock (composed primarily of Quartz SiO2, Feldspar KAlSi3O8, and Biotite/Muscovite mica)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gozzan/Ironstone)
Arenite with Limonite/Goethite cement (FeO(OH)·nH2O)