Polished jasper (likely brecciated or scenic jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Category
Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is a cryptocrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished jasper (likely brecciated or scenic jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Tumbled banded agate
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with layered impurities
Tumbled yellow-orange jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Chert (specifically Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tumbled pale-yellow chalcedony (possibly yellow jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony/jasper varieties
Red Jasper (Skull Carving)
Jasper, a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO2)
Polished brown-green jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide and chlorite inclusions
Milky Quartz or Moonstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Tumbled amber-colored agate or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/agate
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with Iron Hydroxide inclusions)
Blue lace agate (tumbled)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony variety)
Polished orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Jasper, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions
Tumbled brown chalcedony or agate
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (likely chalcedony; banding is not visible)
Polished carnelian (red-orange chalcedony)
Carnelian, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Polished brown-and-cream jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Flint
SiO2 (Cryptocrystalline Quartz / Chert)
Tumbled yellow jasper (likely silicified/iron-stained chert)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides and darker inclusions
Polished brown jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Polished brecciated jasper (likely dragon-blood or leopard jasper)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled Agate and Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Carnelian and White Quartz Bracelet
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - specifically Carnelian (Chalcedony) and Rock Crystal/Snow Quartz
Blue chalcedony (likely common blue agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony variety
Tumbled chalcedony (likely carnelian or orange agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony variety, possibly Fe-bearing carnelian
Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Tumbled brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide inclusions
Chalcedony (possibly lavender or gray agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; fibrous quartz aggregate
Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Jasper (Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of Hematite or Goethite
Agate
SiO2
Likely banded agate or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained agate
Tumbled banded agate
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other trace-coloring inclusions
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Geode
Quartz / Chalcedony nodule
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shiva Lingam
Cryptocrystalline Quartz and Iron Oxide