Pearl
Organic Mineraloid (CaCO3 + Conchiolin)
Category
Browse mineral (or mineraloid if microcrystalline) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Pearl
Organic Mineraloid (CaCO3 + Conchiolin)
Amber
Succinite (with a generalized formula of C10H16O)
Opal
Hydrated Amorphous Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous Silica)
Amber
Succinates
Abalone Shell (Nacre)
Aragonite (CaCO3) - Biogenic Mineral
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Amber (Raw)
Succinite (Fossilized Resin)
Black Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass)
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Spherulite Inclusions (70–75% SiO2)
Mahogany Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2 with Hematite or Magnetite inclusions)
Amber
Succinite (approximate formula C10H16O)
Amber
Succinite (specifically for Baltic amber); approximate formula C10H16O
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Pearls
Aragonite (calcium carbonate) and Conchiolin
Amber
Succinates (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Precious Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Mahogany Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Hematite/Magnetite inclusions
Boulder Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
Amber
Amber (Succinite), fossilized tree resin
Amber (with potentially inclusions)
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin); C10H16O
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Obsidian
Volcanic glass
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (felsic composition)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Common Opal with Host Rock
Opal (Hydrated silica, SiO2·nH2O)
Amber
Succinates (C10H16O)
Amber
Succinite (organic fossilized resin)
Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Amber
Succinate (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Amber
Succinate (Succinite for Baltic varieties)
Amber
Succinite (organic hydrocarbon)
Amber
Succinite
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Limonite (Ironstone) Concretion
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrous ferric oxide)
Limonite (Yellow Ochre)
Limonite (an amorphous mixture of hydrated iron oxides, primarily FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Precious Opal
SiO2·nH2O (Hydrated Silicon Dioxide)