Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral (specifically a variety of chalcedony, which is microcrystalline quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Red Jasper (with Quartz Veins)
Jasper (var. chert, SiO₂)
Chert (and Flint)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Chert in Matrix
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Epidote/Chlorite
Basalt (containing (Ca2(Al2Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)))
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Transit Token (RTD Denver)
Nickel-plated brass or bronze alloy (Cu-Sn-Zn-Ni)
Honey Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically a weathered Chert nodule or fragment)
Chert; Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale with Iron Oxide Staining
Fissile Mudstone (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
Ruby (Pinkish-Red)
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium trace)
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt with Epidote Veining
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Rock) with Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Jasper with Quartz inclusion
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Heliotrope (Bloodstone)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Gravel / Pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Beryl (var. Heliodor or Aquamarine)
Beryllium Aluminum Cyclosilicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Sandstone with iron oxide (Hematite/Limonite) cement
Jasper (likely river-tumbled)
Jasper (Silica/Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Agate (specifically Chalcedony nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tree Agate
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 + Manganese/Iron oxides)
Prasiolite and Quartz Crystal Cluster
Quartz (SiO2); Prasiolite is a variety of Quartz
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) with Quartz
Banded Iron Formation, often composed of alternating layers of hematite (Fe2O3) or magnetite (Fe3O4) and chert (microcrystalline quartz, SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Quartz (Aventurine variety) - SiO₂ with Fuchsite inclusions
Jasper (yellow/cream variety)
SiO₂ (Cryptocrystalline Quartz)
Quartz in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Rhyolite or Granite matrix
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Green Quartzite (with possible Epidote/Chlorite inclusions)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Chert with Brachiopod Impression
Chert (SiO2) containing Brachiopoda fossil remains
Blue Topaz (facetted in jewelry)
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide (Al2SiO4(F,OH)2)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron silicate inclusions