Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
Browse mineral (processed metal) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite and White Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz Druzy on Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rainbow Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Smoky Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Quartzite (Dyed)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Sandstone (SiO2 with organic dye)
Porphyritic Basalt (or Andesite) containing Augite
Porphyritic Mafic Volcanic Rock
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Granite
Granite
Chert (Flint) Nodule
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion / Hematite Nodules
Ferruginous Sedimentary Rock (primarily Hematite Fe2O3 and Goethite FeO(OH))
Garnet-Mica Schist
Schist (variety with Almandine Garnet, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide cement)
Echinoid Fossil (Commonly called a Sea Urchin or Heart Urchin)
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea
Zebra Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities; typically a form of Chalcedony/Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartzite (specifically an iron-stained or Carnelian-colored variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (composed mainly of clay minerals or micas)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Green Banded Chert (Agate/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities of Chlorite or Glauconite
Yellow Jasper (Chert variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Peridot
Olivine (Magnesium Iron Silicate), (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Porphyritic Basalt
Porphyritic Basalt (with Plagioclase and Augite phenocrysts)
Fossilized Wood (with Coal and Limonite)
Petrified Wood (Silicified or Carbonized Flora)
Quartz in Matrix (or Quartz Vein Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
Desert Rose
Baryte or Gypsum variation (CaSO4·2H2O or BaSO4)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Malachite
Malachite (Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 - a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral)
Quartz (likely) / Siliceous rock with quartz phenocrysts (if a rock fragment)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of quartz after crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Blue Lace Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with trace minerals
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (with Epidote and Feldspar/Zeolite infill)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Rhyolitic Matrix
Agate (Carnelian/Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Dyed Alum or Dyed Quartz (Ornamental Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Potassium Alum [KAl(SO4)2·12H2O]