Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Category
Browse mineral (synthetic paper and ink polymorph) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Yellow Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with Cristobalite inclusions)
Aragonite Star Cluster
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Aragonite Star Cluster
Aragonite (CaCO3)
Likely aragonite crystal cluster
Aragonite, CaCO₃
Aragonite crystal cluster
Aragonite, orthorhombic CaCO₃
Aragonite Star Cluster
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite
Blue Aragonite
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Marine gastropod shell
Calcareous mollusk shell, primarily aragonite (CaCO₃), likely a whelk or conch
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (C10H16O)
Small colored gemstone or glass cabochons (uncertain)
Not identifiable from the image; the pieces may be colored glass or synthetic stones rather than natural minerals.
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Spherulite Inclusions (70–75% SiO2)
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Aragonite Star Cluster
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Mica (Muscovite)
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Spherulitic Obsidian (primarily SiO2)
Aragonite Star Cluster
Aragonite (CaCO3)
Blue aragonite (probable)
Aragonite, CaCO₃; blue color likely from copper-bearing impurities
Blue Aragonite (polished)
Aragonite (CaCO3)
Aragonite (Star Cluster or Twinned variety)
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Cubic Zirconia
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
Blue Agate (Tumbled and Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with likely organic dyes
Graphitic schist
Graphite-rich pelitic schist; primarily quartz, mica, and graphite
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz chemical formula SiO2)
Aragonite
Aragonite (CaCO3)
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe++)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
White calcite fragment (likely limestone or marble)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃); exact host rock is uncertain from the image
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Sillimanite
Al2O3(SiO2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Graphite
Carbon (C)
Blue Aragonite
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Blue kyanite
Kyanite, Al₂SiO₅
Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Kyanite (in Schist Matrix)
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Sandstone (with potential fossil inclusions)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)