Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
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Browse mineral (native element alloy) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Green Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Green Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Malachite Coating on Host Rock
Malachite [Cu2CO3(OH)2]
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Biotite Schist with Garnet
Garnet-Biotite Schist
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Cloudy Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite (Orthoclase rich)
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz and Potassium Feldspar KAlSi3O8)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Sandstone (River Rock)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Chrysocolla in Matrix
Chrysocolla (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O)
Note: Item is not a geological specimen
n/a
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - mainly Aragonite and Calcite
Biotite (Mica)
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Sandstone (with potential mineral inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Eudialyte
Eudialyte (Na4(Ca,Ce)2(Fe2+,Mn,Y)ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2)
Pegmatite
Coarse-grained Igneous Rock (Granitic Pegmatite)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (specifically Granitic Gneiss)
Gneiss (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Biotite/Amphibole)
Coarse-grained Granite
Granitoid (KAlSi3O8 + SiO2 + NaAlSi3O8)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and various Micas)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with trace Fe2+)
Epidote
Epidote (formula: Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite; FeO(OH)·nH2O
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Pyrope)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O)
Bornite
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Yellow Quartz Pebble
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shale
Laminated Mudstone
Granitic Pegmatite
Granite Pegmatite (typically containing Quartz SiO2, Feldspar KAlSi3O8, and Muscovite)