Banded Slate (Sedimentary Pebble)
Slate (Metamorphosed Shale or Mudstone)
Category
Browse mineral (metamorphic pseudomorph) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Banded Slate (Sedimentary Pebble)
Slate (Metamorphosed Shale or Mudstone)
Rhodonite in Quartz Matrix
Rhodonite (Manganese Silicate - (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3)
Moonstone
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8) or Oligoclase with adularescence
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Quartzite with inclusions
Quartzite
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) in Slates/Schists
Green Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite with inclusions
Quartzite (SiO2)
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Jadeite Jade
NaAlSi2O6
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Greenstone / Greenschist
Greenschist (composed of Chlorite, Epidote, Actinolite)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Magnetite / Iron-Rich Basalt
Magnetite bearing Mafic Rock (Fe3O4)
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Mineral
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Tourmaline (Verdelite)
Tourmaline Group; often Elbaite (Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4) or Dravite (NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Aquamarine with Sunstone
Aquamarine (Be3Al2Si6O18), Sunstone (Na,Ca)Al(Si,Al)Si2O8
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Sand Gravel
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist (with Iron Oxide)
Mica Schist
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Quartz with Mica (Gneissic or Pegmatitic origin)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Phyllosilicates (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
Quartz vein in Schist
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Metamorphic Host
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Calcite in Matrix
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate
Sio2 (Silicon Dioxide / Chalcedony variety)
Moonstone
Adularia (Potassium Aluminum Silicate, KAlSi3O8)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Feldspar
Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Hematite (Tumbled)
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)