Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Category
Browse mineral (native element alloy) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Gold flakes
Native Gold (Au)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond
Diamond (pure carbon C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond (in jewelry setting)
Diamond (C - Carbon)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Native Copper
Native Copper (Cu)
Native Copper
Native Copper (Cu)
Celestite Geode
Strontium Sulfate (SrSO4)
Celestine (or Celestite) on Matrix
Celestine (SrSO4)
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Rounded greenish-gold rock or mineral pebble
Indeterminate; possibly serpentine-rich stone, weathered sulfide, or iron-stained metamorphic rock
Native Copper (Penny specimen)
Native Copper (Cu)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) with Conchiolin (CaCO3)
Diamond (faceted)
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Native Copper Nugget
Native Copper (Cu)
Beryl (Aquamarine) in Matrix with Schorl
Be3Al2Si6O18 (Beryl) with NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 (Schorl)
Weathered fossil shell or crinoid fragment
Likely fossilized echinoderm or bivalve fragment; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Native Copper
Native Copper (Cu)
Turquoise (Rough)
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Lepidolite
K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2
Native Gold Nuggets
Native Gold (Au)
Metal Alloy (Jewelry)
Not a naturally occurring rock or mineral; likely a metal alloy for jewelry. Possible compositions include sterling silver (92.5% silver, 7.5% copper), or other silver/gold alloys.
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond (Cut Gemstone)
Carbon (C)
Vanadinite
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Silver
Ag (Native Silver)
Bismuthinite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz
Bismuthinite (Bi2S3) and Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Quartz-rich pegmatite (likely feldspar–quartz rock)
Granitic pegmatite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂) and feldspar, with possible mica/iron-oxide staining
Small metallic mineral fragment
Unidentified metallic sulfide or native-metal fragment
Malachite
Copper Carbonate Hydroxide, Cu2CO3(OH)2
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Diamond (in Gold Jewelry)
Carbon (C)
Diamond (faceted)
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)