Quartz (Gravel Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse mineral like byproduct (often mistaken for igneous rock or meteorite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (Gravel Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz River Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Porphyritic Basalt (Chinese Writing Stone)
Porphyritic Basalt with Feldspar Phenocrysts
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Sunstone
Oligoclase or Andesine (Labradorite) Feldspar (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Basalt with Quartz/Feldspar Inclusion
Basalt (containing Silicate minerals such as SiO2 and (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8)
Porphyritic Basalt (with Augite Crystals)
Porphyritic Mafic Volcanic Rock (Fe-Mg Silicates)
Blue Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (specifically Citrine or Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt
Basalt (Phaneritic/Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with primary clasts 0.0625 to 2 mm)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron oxide staining (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss (Metamorphic silicate rock)
Basalt
Basalt (Aphanitic mafic volcanic rock)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (predominantly SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unidentified Rock Fragment
Unknown
Chert (Septarian or Nodular variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Garnet (almandine or pyrope variety)
Silicate mineral Group: (Fe, Mg, Mn, Ca)3(Al, Fe, Cr)2(SiO4)3
Pegmatite (Granite Pegmatite)
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Granite Pegmatite)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Basalt River Cobble
Basalt (Aphanitic Mafic Volcanic Rock)
Basalt with Epidote Veining
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Rock) with Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Basalt with Quartz/Feldspar Inclusions
Amygdaloidal or Porphyritic Mafic Volcanic Rock with Siliceous Veining
Jasper
Jasper / Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz (specifically Citrine or Yellow Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine Geode Fragment
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Impurities), SiO2
Gneiss (Cobble)
Gneiss
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Vesicular Basalt
Extrusive mafic igneous rock; primarily (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Si)2O6 (Pyroxene) and (Ca,Na)Al(Al,Si)Si2O8 (Plagioclase Feldspar)
Epidote (Unakite variety)
Epidosite (Metasomatic rock containing Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Sandstone
Arenite (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)