Polished/tumbled brecciated jasper (likely rainforest or ocean jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly mixed with chalcedony, iron oxides, and other silicates
Category
Browse mineral (specifically, a variety of the mineral species pyrope almandine garnet) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished/tumbled brecciated jasper (likely rainforest or ocean jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly mixed with chalcedony, iron oxides, and other silicates
Actinolite
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Milky Quartz (with potential inclusion)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Lace Agate
Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO2)
Selenite
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jadeite
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Schist
Schist (various mineral compositions)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with goethite or limonite inclusions
Polished red jasper
Jasper, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished brecciated jasper (likely Picasso jasper)
Brecciated microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony; mainly SiO₂ with iron- and manganese-rich matrix
Red jasper (likely iron-rich chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by hematite/goethite
Red jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Tumbled jasper, likely red/brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Jasper (likely Polychrome or Desert Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Tumbled brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony with iron-oxide pigments
Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Schist
Schist (Crystalline metamorphic rock)
Rutilated quartz bead bracelet
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), with rutile inclusions (TiO₂)
Natural gemstone and mineral collection
Mixed specimens, including turquoise, tiger’s eye, amethyst, fluorite, pyrite, garnet, rose quartz, lapis lazuli, obsidian, rhodonite, red corundum, labradorite, calcite, lepidolite, sodalite, apatite, and others
Blue John Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride), CaF2
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet-Bearing Gneiss
Garnetiferous Feldspathic Gneiss
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite (specifically Blue John or Banded Fluorite)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Likely garnet-bearing metamorphic rock
Garnet-mica schist or amphibolite; probable garnet-group mineral (X3Y2(SiO4)3) with mica/amphibole
Quartz-mica schist (likely garnet-bearing)
Schist dominated by quartz and mica; possible biotite/muscovite and garnet
Red Jasper (with Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Sandstone (lithic/greywacke variety)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with various lithic fragments)
Polished Ocean Jasper (orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with chalcedony, feldspar, and iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled jasper or iron-rich chert fragments
Jasper/chert, predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled red jasper (probable)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides