Clear Quartz / Diamond (untested)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Carbon (C)
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Browse mineral in metamorphic rock specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz / Diamond (untested)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Carbon (C)
Green Aventurine
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with fuchsite inclusions
Milky Quartz with Chlorite/Epidote
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with phyllosilicate or sorosilicate inclusions
Quartz (Clear Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded River Rock / Gneiss (highly weathered)
Gneiss
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz (Quartz Vein)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Metamorphic Rock
Quartzite or Schist host with Quartz (SiO2) intrusion
Quartz with Epidote / Serpentine (Vein Quartz)
SiO2 (Quartz) with Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) (Epidote)
Pink Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Lapis Lazuli (polished cabochon/sphere)
Na8[Al6Si6O24]Sn with accessory minerals (Pyrite, Calcite)
Marble
Metamorphic Limestone (CaCO3)
Garnet Schist
Almandine-bearing Mica Schist
Epidote
Epidote Group (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Gneiss (with Quartzite and Biotite)
Gneiss containing SiO2 (Quartz), K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 (Biotite), and (K,Na,Ca)AlSi3O8 (Feldspar)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Schist
Quartz (SiO2) in Mica Schist
Quartzite with Mica Matrix
Metamorphic Quartz-Mica Schist/Quartzite
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Quartz (SiO2) in metamorphic host rock (likely schist or phyllite)
Epidotite (Unakite-related Epidote)
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Weathered amphibolite or mafic metamorphic rock
Amphibolite; chiefly hornblende amphibole and plagioclase feldspar
Ruby in Zoisite
Anyolite (composite of Corundum and Zoisite)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pyrite-rich Ore
Pyrite (FeS2) with secondary minerals
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO2)
Dumortierite in Quartz
Silicon Dioxide with Aluminium Borosilicate (SiO2 + (Al,Fe7+)7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Schist (Micaceous Schist)
Mica Schist
Green Quartz (Aventurine or Prase)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Garnet-bearing gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss with iron-rich garnet (commonly almandine)
White Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz Rock (SiO2)
Mica Schist
Schist (biotite/muscovite schist)
Eclipse Stone (Kabamba Jasper)
Rhyolite with Aegirine (NaFe3+Si2O6)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Conical fossil shell or shell fragment
Likely a gastropod shell fragment; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Tumbled metamorphic pebble, likely gneiss
Foliated gneiss; commonly quartz, feldspar, mica, and amphibole
Jasper and Epidote Breccia
Silicified Brecciated Rock with Epidote
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock of variable composition, typically SiO2 rich)