Rose Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral like byproduct (often mistaken for igneous rock or meteorite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Rose Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Agate Geode
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milk Quartz (with Iron staining)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (Granite)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2, often with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Agate (specifically Chalcedony nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Plutonic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade rock)
Red Siltstone (or Red Shale)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Composition: primarily Quartz, Clay minerals, and Hematite Fe2O3)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz SiO2, Alkali Feldspar KAlSi3O8, and Plagioclase)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz: SiO2)
Lepidolite on Pegmatite
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2) in Granitic Pegmatite
Blue Lace Agate (often dyed)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - variety of chalcedony
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Basalt with Scoria/Vesicular Texture
Vesicular Basalt (Iron-rich/Oxidized)
Quartz Pebble (Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide with Cristobalite inclusions)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 primary)
Nuummite
Nuummite (Orthoamphibole rock / Anthophyllite-Gedrite blend)
Chalcedony (Agate/Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Pebble (Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Cobble (likely Basalt or Metagraywacke)
Non-specific water-worn lithic fragment
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Double Terminated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Siltstone with Quartz Vein
Siltstone (primarily SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3)
Flower Agate (Plume Agate)
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide) with Spherulitic Inclusions - SiO2
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (containing Glauconite, (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Diabase (Dolerite) Cobble
Diabase / Dolerite
Brachiopod Fossil (Spiriferid)
Order Spiriferida (Phylum Brachiopoda); mineralized as Calcite (CaCO3) or Chert (SiO2)
Porphyritic Basalt (with Quartz or Calcite inclusion)
Porphyritic Basalt (Matrix: SiO2/MgO/FeO, Phenocryst: likely Quartz or Calcite)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Conglomerate (River Rock)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)