Banded Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2 with impurities)
Category
Browse mineral (specifically, a variety of the mineral species pyrope almandine garnet) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Banded Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2 with impurities)
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Intrusive Felsic Igneous Rock
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote with Red Jasper (Quartz variety)
Banded Agate
Agate (chalcedony variety of Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Green Sandstone (Glauconitic Sandstone)
Glauconitic Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Jasper, a microcrystalline quartz variety; mainly SiO₂ with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Sunstone with Black Tourmaline (Arfvedsonite)
Feldspar (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 with Schorl Na(Fe3+)3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Granite (specifically the Ubatuba variety)
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (Granodiorite/Monzogranite)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Cloudy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with traces of titanium, iron, or manganese
Tree Agate (or Moss Agate), faceted into a crystal tower
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Raw black tourmaline (probable schorl)
Schorl, NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar (specifically showing adularescence)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Citrine Quartz
Macrocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Yellow Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Staurolite
Staurolite (Fe2Al9O6(SiO4)4(O,OH)2)
Black tourmaline bead bracelet (likely schorl)
Schorl, NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Banded Agate (specifically Carnelian Agate color)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Rose Quartz
Silicon dioxide with traces of titanium, iron, or manganese (SiO2)
Selenite
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O), specifically the crystalline variety Selenite
Banded Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Sardonyx Cameo
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Polished brecciated jasper
Brecciated jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony matrix
Tumbled cream-colored pebble, likely quartz or calcite
Indeterminate from photograph; possibilities include microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
Dendritic Agate or Moss Agate Nodules (Septarian-like)
Chalcedony with mineral inclusions (SiO2)
Polished honey/pink calcite heart
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Polished jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions; SiO₂
Sandstone Concretion
Moqui Marble / Ironstone Concretion (Iron oxide-cemented sandstone)
Granite
Plutonic felsic igneous rock
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite-Garnet rock)
Quartz-rich pegmatite fragment
Granite-family pegmatite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and black mica (biotite)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Ruby / Red Tourmaline
Corundum (Al2O3) or Elbaite (Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4)
Polished brecciated jasper pebble
Silicified microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly iron-oxide-stained jasper