Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral (specifically, a variety of the mineral species pyrope almandine garnet) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (Hydrox yapatite replaced by Silica or Calcite)
Kyanite (Blue Kyanite)
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Schist
Crystalline Schist (often containing Muscovite, Biotte, or Quartz)
Jasper (specifically Owyhee or Picture Jasper variety)
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Schist
Mica Schist
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (primarily Aragonite and Calcite), CaCO3
Sandstone (likely Greywacke or Siltstone variety)
Arenite / Siltstone (primarily SiO2)
Banded Agate (Onyx variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions of hornblende or chlorite
Milky Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Schist
Chlorite/Mica Schist
Schist
Crystalline Metamorphic Rock (Schistose)
Tumbled Moonstone
Feldspar (Orthoclase/Albite), KAlSi3O8
Gneiss
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock (Mineral composition: Quartz, Feldspar, Amphibole/Biotite)
Mixed collection of minerals and rocks (Jasper, Carnelian, Granite, and Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with varying impurities for silicates and igneous aggregates
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18), specifically the blue-green variety
Banded Agate (specifically Carnelian Agate)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2 + impurities)
Lapis Lazuli
Complex mixture of minerals (lazurite, calcite, pyrite, and sodalite); (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of mineral group (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrous ferric oxide)
Schist
Mica Schist (formula variable based on mineral content, typically containing [K,Al,Fe,Mg,Si,O,H])
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite [KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2] or Biotite)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Hydroxyapatite replaced by Minerals)
Travertine (Tufa)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and/or Biotite composition)
Gastly (Trick or Trade Halloween Series)
Cellulose-carbonaceous composite (Lignocellulose laminated with pigmentary polymers)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Leopard Skin Jasper
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline Quartz)
Staurolite
Staurolite (Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH))
Schist (with Iron Oxide)
Mica Schist
Agate (specifically a Blue Agate Geode Slice)
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz); SiO2
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Turquoise (Rough Specimens)
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with iron inclusions)
Moonstone (Green Moonstone / Garnierite)
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8) with inclusions of Garnierite