Polished Ocean Jasper (orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with chalcedony, feldspar, and iron-oxide inclusions
Category
Browse mineral (specifically, a variety of the mineral species pyrope almandine garnet) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
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
Red jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium impurities)
Tumbled Quartz (Snow Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ruby
Corundum (mineral species), variety: Ruby (Al2O3 with Cr3+ as the chromophore)
Banded Carnelian
Carnelian (Silicon Dioxide / SiO2)
Tumbled jasper (likely polychrome or brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide impurities
Tumbled red jasper (likely dyed)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides; possibly dyed
Tumbled banded agate
Agate, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), typically chalcedony with iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled amethyst
Quartz, purple variety; silicon dioxide (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron impurities and irradiation
Polished agate (likely carnelian or dyed red agate)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Polished jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brecciated or orbicular jasper
Tumbled banded agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz), SiO₂
Quartz (Agate/Chalcedony variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Likely garnet-bearing schist
Garnet mica schist; commonly quartz + mica (muscovite/biotite) ± garnet
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Amazonite
Microcline (K(AlSi3O8))
Jasper (specifically Red Jasper or Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red jasper (iron-rich chalcedony), possibly brecciated
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides/hydroxides
Rose Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), specifically a variety of Quartz
Green Calcite (often commercially called Green Onyx)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite-actinolite schist)
Tumbled green stone, possibly serpentine or prehnite
Provisional identification: serpentine-group mineral, commonly antigorite; alternatively prehnite or green calcite
Tumbled jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides and hydroxides
Blue Lace Agate (Polished Point)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black tourmaline
Schorl tourmaline, NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Amazonite
Amazonite (KAlSi3O8); a green variety of Microcline feldspar
Yellow Jasper / Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite or Limonite inclusions
Tumbled orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), orange variety commonly called carnelian
Garnet-bearing metamorphic rock, likely schist or gneiss
Biotite–garnet schist/gneiss; dark minerals likely biotite and graphite or amphibole, with quartz and feldspar
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red jasper (polished/cut rough)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Red jasper / red chert
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored chiefly by iron oxides
Polished mahogany obsidian (probable)
Volcanic glass; primarily rhyolitic silica glass (SiO₂), with iron-oxide inclusions
Dyed Blue Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Gypsum (Selenite crystals in Halite/Clay matrix)
Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O)