Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
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Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Peach Moonstone (Orange/Peach Feldspar)
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Chert (specifically Gray/Black Chert)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Carnelian Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz / Common Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron impurities
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Geode Nodules / Chalcedony Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Amorphous to Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Ferruginous Quartzite (Chert)
Quartzite with Iron inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Tiger's Eye (commonly referred to as Blue/Gold Tiger's Eye)
Tiger's Eye is a variety of Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2, exhibiting chatoyancy. The blue variety is often called Hawk's Eye.
Chert (White Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite (specifically a river-worn pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Quartzite with Gneissic Banding
Quartzite (primarily SiO2) with mafic mineral inclusions
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Jasper (possibly Carnelian)
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Chert (and Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chrysocolla in Quartz (Quantum Quattro variant)
Hydrated copper silicates (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O) often mixed with SiO2
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) / Tiger Iron
Ferruginous Chert (primarily Quartz [SiO2] and Hematite/Magnetite [Fe2O3/Fe3O4])
Clear Quartz (beads in a bracelet)
Quartz (SiO2)
River Pebble (Brecciated Chert/Siltstone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tree Agate
Dendritic Chalcedony (SiO2)
Red Jasper (Polished)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (primarily Quartz (SiO2), Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase Feldspar)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Bumble Bee Jasper
Calcite-bearing Volcanic Tuff (not a true Jasper)
Green Tiger's Eye
Silicified Crocidolite (Quartz variety, SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (a rock type, not a specific mineral with a formula)
Blue Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with inclusions like Dumortierite or Magnesio-riebeckite)
Chert (specifically White Chert or Novaculite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite and Quartz inclusions
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18), specifically the green variety colored by chromium or vanadium