Quartz (Microcrystalline/Macro crystalline variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral (variant of quartz) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (Microcrystalline/Macro crystalline variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst (Polished/Carved Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Iron (Fe)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz) with Fuchsite inclusions (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Gneiss (likely)
Gneiss
Granite
Granite (Felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Amethyst
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Gneiss
Metamorphic rock of high-grade regional metamorphism
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite / Gneiss Complex
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Granite) or High-grade Metamorphic Rock (Gneiss)
Yellow Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Aquamarine and clear quartz
Aquamarine (Be3Al2Si6O18), Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities of Titanium, Manganese, or Iron
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Amethyst
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with Iron impurities)
Galena
Lead Sulfide (PbS)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with inclusions)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Agate (specifically Botswana or Lake Superior style Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock, predominantly SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Quartz with inclusion of iron oxides)
Lepidolite
K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2 (Lepidolite - Lithium-rich Mica)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Clear/White Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Gold Ore
Auriferous Quartz and Sulfide Mineralization in Host Rock
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Geode Nodules / Chalcedony Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Amorphous to Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Dalmatian Stone (Dalmation Jasper)
Aplite with Arfvedsonite inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Aventurine (Green Aventurine)
Quartz with Fuchsite Inclusions (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Botryoidal Agate vein)
Chalcedony (Microcrystalline Quartz) - SiO2