Tumbled jasper (likely brown/yellow jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, typically with iron-oxide and clay impurities
Category
Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is a cryptocrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Tumbled jasper (likely brown/yellow jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, typically with iron-oxide and clay impurities
Tumbled jasper or weathered chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely jasper/chert with iron-oxide impurities
Polished bloodstone (heliotrope)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron-oxide inclusions
Ocean Jasper
Spherulitic Chalcedony (SiO2)
Tumbled brown jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Polished brecciated jasper
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brecciated jasper with iron-oxide staining
Tumbled carnelian/chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (iron-bearing chalcedony)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Red jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Blue Lace Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with trace minerals
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Tumbled orange chalcedony (probable carnelian)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; reddish-orange variety commonly called carnelian
Agate
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled gray-blue agate/chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely banded chalcedony or agate
Chert
Sedimentary cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Polished agate pebble (likely dyed or naturally banded chalcedony)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; agate is banded chalcedony
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite/Iron oxide inclusions
Polished brown jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Red jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Polished agate slice
Agate, a banded variety of chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂)
Tumbled yellow jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained jasper/chert
Banded Jasper
Silicate Mineral (Microcrystalline Quartz / SiO2)
Polished banded agate
Agate, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with chalcedony and trace iron oxides
Tumbled quartz-rich pebble
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂ (tentative)
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and magnesium inclusions
Chrysocolla in Quartz (Gem Silica)
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (Chrysocolla) / SiO2 (Quartz)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Red jasper (polished/cut rough)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Tumbled blue chalcedony (likely blue agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony/agate variety
Tumbled orbicular jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron oxides and other accessory minerals
Red jasper (polished/tumbled)
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Polished carnelian
Carnelian, a reddish-orange cryptocrystalline chalcedony (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides.
Tumbled orange-red quartz or carnelian
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely carnelian (orange chalcedony), possibly iron-stained quartz
Polished agate (likely moss or plume agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, primarily chalcedony (SiO₂), with possible iron-oxide inclusions
Jasper Pendant
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Banded Agate Coaster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety Agate / Chalcedony
Milky quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline to coarse microcrystalline variety
Agate (specifically Waterline or Onyx-type Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Red Jasper with Quartz
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)