Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Variety of Chert
Category
Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is a cryptocrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Variety of Chert
Tumbled Gray Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Plume Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Orange chalcedony (likely carnelian), polished shard
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony variety, orange iron-oxide coloration
Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled carnelian
Carnelian, a red-orange variety of cryptocrystalline chalcedony (SiO₂)
Blue Chalcedony (Blue Lace Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Ocean Jasper
Spherulitic Chalcedony (SiO2)
Jasper (specifically Yellow or Bumblebee-like Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Red jasper (iron-rich chalcedony), possibly brecciated
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides/hydroxides
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tree Agate (or Moss Agate), faceted into a crystal tower
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz (Chert/Chalcedony variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian
Carnelian (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO2)
White Agate (resembling Bone Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions), SiO2
Chert (specifically Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled purple jasper (likely rhyolite-derived jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron/manganese oxide impurities; possibly purple rhyolitic jasper
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Polished blue-banded agate slice
Agate (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chiefly chalcedony)
Thunderegg (specifically a Jasper/Agate-filled Geode nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Rhyolitic Matrix
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Tumbled milky quartz (likely chalcedony or quartzite)
Quartz/chalcedony, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Quartz (specifically Milky/White Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green polished gemstone (likely chrysoprase or aventurine)
Chrysoprase: microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored by nickel; possible aventurine quartz: SiO₂ with fuchsite mica
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chalcedony
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Gray Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chalcedony Nodule in Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (Imperial Jasper style)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Tumbled jasper (likely brecciated or leopard jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Blue Lace Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with trace minerals
Pink chalcedony (likely rough agate/chalcedony)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony variety, possibly iron-bearing
Chert (specifically Flint or Dark Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert and Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)