Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse mineral (found in igneous and metamorphic rocks) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz / Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (pronounced 'nice')
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Schist
Schist
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz) with Fuchsite inclusions (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartz (likely)
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Mica (Biotite or Phlogopite variety)
Phyllosilicate (complex mineral formula involving K, Mg, Fe, Al, Si, and O)
Amazonite
Amazonite (KAlSi3O8, a variety of Microcline)
Orange Quartz with Epidote
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Aluminum Iron Silicate hydroxide (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Amethyst
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - a variety of Quartz
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dark Igneous Rock (Likely Basalt or Diabase)
Basalt (extrusive igneous rock) or Diabase (intrusive igneous rock - also known as Dolerite), largely composed of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene (augite), and sometimes olivine and amphibole. Exact mineralogy would require thin section analysis.
Stichtite in Serpentine (Atlantasite)
Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O in Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Milky Quartz with Chlorite/Moss Infusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Amazonite
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Feldspar, variety of Microcline)
Quartz (Milky and Smoky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz (Common or Milky)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Schist (various mineral compositions)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Anyolite (Ruby in Zoisite)
Zoisite with inclusions of Hornblende and Ruby (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH))
Serpentine
Serpentine Group (primarily Antigorite or Lizardite), Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz (Ferruginous variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese Iron Magnesium Calcium Silicate - (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3)