Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral (man made glass, not natural) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica Glass (with metal oxide inclusions)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt
Basalt
Polished/tumbled jasper, likely ocean jasper or brecciated jasper
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides and other silicate impurities
Dyed blue quartz or druzy geode (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably artificially colored
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (Smoky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iron-Stained Quartz
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Polished mahogany obsidian (likely)
Volcanic glass; primarily silica-rich rhyolitic glass (SiO₂), with iron oxides
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz (Polished)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz Rock (SiO2)
Diamond (or synthetic simulant)
Cubic C (Carbon)
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished black agate slice
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz), SiO₂, with iron/manganese staining
Tumbled black-and-white banded stone, likely onyx or agate
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably banded chalcedony/onyx
Polished white agate or chalcedony bead
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony/agate with iron-oxide staining or a brown mineral inclusion
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble with Mineral Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Citrine / Golden Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Cardstock (Paper)
Cellulose (C6H10O5)n
Granite (Light-colored quartz/feldspar variety)
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz SiO2 and Feldspar KAlSi3O8)
Citrine Quartz
Quartz (SiO2) - specifically, a variety of macrocrystalline quartz
Granite (Leucogranite)
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Granite)
Adventurine (Green)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Chert (Cherty Shale / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz Geode Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (clastic sedimentary rock)
Fire Agate (Crackle Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Clear Quartz (Faceted) or Cubic Zirconia / Glass imitation
SiO2 (if Quartz), ZrO2 (if Cubic Zirconia)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal component)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Obsidian (likely blue-sheen or coated obsidian)
Volcanic glass; primarily rhyolitic silica glass (SiO₂-rich, noncrystalline)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)