Tiger's Eye
Tiger's Eye (a variety of Chalcedony, which is cryptocrystalline quartz). Chemical Formula: SiO2 with inclusions of crocidolite fibers.
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Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Tiger's Eye
Tiger's Eye (a variety of Chalcedony, which is cryptocrystalline quartz). Chemical Formula: SiO2 with inclusions of crocidolite fibers.
Tumbled orange chalcedony or carnelian
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (Aplitic Rock)
Milky Quartz or Moonstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Honey-colored chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; orange chalcedony colored by iron oxides
Agate Geode Nodule
Chalcedony / Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled banded agate (likely blue lace agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony variety)
Blue chalcedony (likely dyed or polished)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony variety)
Tumbled chalcedony (likely brown-yellow jasper or agate)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chalcedony variety
Blue chalcedony (likely common blue agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony variety
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled brown agate (possible carnelian or chalcedony)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; agate is banded chalcedony
Tumbled carnelian (likely)
Carnelian, orange-red variety of cryptocrystalline silica (SiO₂), chalcedony
Polished chalcedony (likely moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron/manganese oxide inclusions
Tumbled jasper, likely red/brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), mainly SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Polished agate (likely carnelian or dyed red agate)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Tumbled banded agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz), SiO₂
Hag Stone
Perforated Sedimentary Rock / Flint / Limestone
Chrysocolla in Quartz
Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O in Quartz (SiO2)
Polished carnelian (likely)
Carnelian, a reddish-orange cryptocrystalline quartz variety; SiO₂
Iron-stained jasper/chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely hematite/goethite-bearing jasper
Tumbled jasper (likely)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely jasper, a variety of chalcedony
Green Chalcedony (likely Green Agate or Chrysoprase)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Tumbled banded agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz), SiO₂
Geode
Quartz / Chalcedony nodule
Tumbled red-and-cream jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Chalcedony (variations like Agate or Jasper)
Chalcedony (SiO₂ - microcrystalline quartz)
Tumbled yellow-orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron-bearing variety commonly called carnelian
Red jasper (polished/cut rough)
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Agate (specifically crazy lace agate / orbicular agate node)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Red jasper (likely iron-rich chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by hematite/goethite
Red/orange chalcedony (carnelian), possibly dyed or heat-treated
Chalcedony, cryptocrystalline SiO₂ (quartz variety)
Tumbled brown stone, likely jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably iron-stained jasper/chert
Tumbled purple agate (likely amethyst-bearing agate)
Banded chalcedony, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the image
Tumbled agate or chalcedony (probable)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Yellow chalcedony or quartz fragment
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (tentative; possibly iron-stained chalcedony)
Red Jasper with Quartz
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled amber-colored agate or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/agate
Carnelian
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Orange chalcedony or tumbled carnelian fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/carnelian
Ocean Jasper
Spherulitic Chalcedony (SiO2)