Chert (specifically Flint or Dark Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (specifically Flint or Dark Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Moqui Marble / Ironstone Concretion (Iron oxide-cemented sandstone)
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper and Quartz conglomerate (River Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony and Quartz variety
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite/Iron oxide inclusions
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Agate (Sliced Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Chert (specifically Tan Chert)
Chert (SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Red Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Banded Agate (Onyx type)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Bloodstone (also known as Heliotrope)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Jasper Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Chalcedony/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (Iron-rich)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fe2O3 (Hematite) impurities
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Jasper variation)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Tiger's Eye
Tiger's Eye (a variety of Chalcedony, which is cryptocrystalline quartz). Chemical Formula: SiO2 with inclusions of crocidolite fibers.
Jasper (Banded Argillite/Chert mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Ocean Jasper
Spherulitic Chalcedony (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Blue Lace Agate
Banded Chalcedony (SiO2)
Green Jasper (Heliotrope / Bloodstone variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz variety) with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Green Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Tumbled Purple Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Variety of Chert
Tree Agate (Dendritic Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron inclusions
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Lace Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with trace minerals