Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
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Browse mineral (native element alloy) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Citrine or Yellow Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Clay (as a rock-forming material)
Clay minerals (e.g., Kaolinite group, Smectite group, Illite group, Chlorite group)
Pyrite in Quartz (Drill Core)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2) inclusions
Green Druzy Quartz (Prasiolite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions (typically Chlorite or Actinolite)
Chlorite (Small Flakes/Sand)
Chlorite Group (Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide - (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·(Mg,Fe)3(OH)6)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Gneiss (Metamorphic Cobble)
Gneiss
Blue Apatite
Apatite group (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky Quartz / Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Blue Apatite
Apatite-(CaF), Ca5(PO4)3F
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Asphalt (Road Aggregate)
Asphalt concrete / Bituminous mixture
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Garnet (Almandine or Spessartine likely)
Garnet Group Minerals (e.g., Almandine Fe3Al2(SiO4)3, Pyrope Mg3Al2(SiO4)3, Spessartine Mn3Al2(SiO4)3)
Blue Agate (Dyed Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Sandstone (Green/Yellow Siltstone variant)
Arenite or Siltstone (primarily SiO2 with mineral staining)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with hematite/iron oxide coating)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite-stained Siltstone
Ironstone (primarily Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2O and Siltstone)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Iron(II,III) oxide, Fe3O4)
Basalt with Epidote/Chlorite
Amygdaloidal Basalt (SiO2 with (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)))
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Septarian Concretion/Nodule)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2) with carbonate mineral veining
Garnetiferous Quartzite (Garnet Gneiss Pebble)
Garnet-bearing Quartzite or Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic igneous rock)
Quartz (Double-Terminated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Sandstone)
Basalt with Amygdules
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Quartz (Double-Terminated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)