Blue Banded Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Category
Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is microcrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Banded Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Milky Quartz or Moonstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Red jasper (likely brecciated or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Brecciated jasper (likely ocean jasper or red jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide pigments and breccia cement
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate Geode Nodule
Chalcedony / Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled jasper or chalcedony pebble
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (likely jasper/chalcedony)
Polished jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Yellow Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony variety), SiO2
Tumbled amber-colored chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Agate (specifically crazy lace agate / orbicular agate node)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chalcedony in Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled banded agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz), SiO₂
Geode
Quartz / Chalcedony nodule
Tumbled orange chalcedony or carnelian
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony
Tumbled jasper (likely)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely jasper, a variety of chalcedony
Tumbled orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron-bearing variety commonly termed carnelian
Honey-colored chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; orange chalcedony colored by iron oxides
Tumbled gray-blue agate/chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely banded chalcedony or agate
Green Chalcedony (likely Green Agate or Chrysoprase)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Tumbled brown agate (possible carnelian or chalcedony)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; agate is banded chalcedony
Jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Polished chalcedony (likely moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron/manganese oxide inclusions
Red Jasper with Quartz
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chrysocolla in Quartz
Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O in Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Tumbled chalcedony (likely agate or jasper fragment)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Tumbled yellow-orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron-bearing variety commonly called carnelian
Likely polished agate beads
Agate, a banded variety of chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the image
Tumbled red-and-cream jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Tumbled jasper, likely red/brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), mainly SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Polished orange agate beads
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly sold as agate
Unakite
Epidote-Feldspar rock (specifically, a variety of granite)
Chalcedony (variations like Agate or Jasper)
Chalcedony (SiO₂ - microcrystalline quartz)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Dyed Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Agate Nodule (partially vuggy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (or Flint)
SiO2 (predominantly microcrystalline quartz)
Tumbled carnelian (likely)
Carnelian, orange-red variety of cryptocrystalline silica (SiO₂), chalcedony
Quartz (specifically Milky or Clear Quartz fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Jasper
Silicate Mineral (Microcrystalline Quartz / SiO2)
Tumbled purple agate (likely amethyst-bearing agate)
Banded chalcedony, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the image