Bumblebee Jasper (technically Bumblebee Stone)
Calcite, Aragonite, and Realgar/Orpiment mixture (SiO2 + CaCO3 + As2S3/As2S2)
sedimentary (volcanic)
Category
Mineral (Silicate Variety)
Browse mineral (silicate variety) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone
Arenite
sedimentary
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al(OH)3, γ-AlO(OH), and α-AlO(OH))
sedimentary
Pyrite on Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
mineral
Beryl (Emerald or Aquamarine in Matrix)
Beryllium Aluminum Silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
mineral
Aquamarine (Beryl)
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
mineral
Aquamarine
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
mineral
Moonstone (specifically White Moonstone or Girasol Quartz)
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
mineral
Aquamarine
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
mineral
Amazonite
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
mineral
Pyrope Garnet
Magnesium aluminum silicate (Mg3Al2Si3O12)
mineral
Amazonite
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
mineral
Feldspar (Orthoclase/Potassium Feldspar)
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
mineral
White Moonstone (Feldspar)
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
mineral
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
mineral
Rhodonite Tumbled Chips
Manganese silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
mineral
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with hematite/limonite inclusions
mineral
Cream Marble (Speckled)
Metamorphosed Limestone (mainly CaCO3)
metamorphic
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese Silicate), (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
mineral
Common Opal
Hydrated silica (SiO2 " nH2O)
mineral
Slag
Anthropogenic glassy silicate
Mineral-like byproduct
Charoite
Charoite, K(Ca,Na)2Si4O10(OH,F)·H2O
metamorphic
White Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Tremolite-Actinolite series (Nephrite) or NaAlSi2O6 (Jadeite)
metamorphic
Green Jasper (Agate-Jasper mixture)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
sedimentary
Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O
mineral
Pallasite Meteorite (likely Imilac or Brenham)
Stony-Iron Meteorite (Pallasite)
mineral
Eudialyte in Matrix
Na15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si26O72(OH,Cl,H2O)3
mineral
Diorite
Diorite (plutonic igneous rock)
igneous
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese Iron Magnesium Calcium Silicate) - (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Mineral
Orthoclase (Potassium) Feldspar in Quartz
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
igneous
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicate Mineral), SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions
sedimentary
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote with Pietersite or Red Jasper (Silicate mineral)
metamorphic
Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass, complex silicate)
igneous
Amazonite
Potassium aluminum silicate (Microcline); KAlSi3O8
mineral
Aragonite (Banded Calcite / 'Mexican Onyx')
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
mineral
Emerald in Matrix (Quartz/Schist)
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
mineral
Almandine Garnet
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
mineral
Kyanite (within Quartz)
Kyanite (Al2SiO5) in crystalline Quartz base (SiO2)
metamorphic
Gneiss (specifically a weathered Amphibolite or Garnet Gneiss)
Gneiss (complex silicate composition)
metamorphic
Moonstone
Orthoclase (Potassium aluminum silicate - KAlSi3O8)
mineral
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Iron traces)
mineral