Native Copper
Copper (Cu)
Category
Browse mineral pseudomorph specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Native Copper
Copper (Cu)
Petrified wood
Silicified wood, commonly quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) replacing wood tissue
Polished brecciated jasper
Jasper, opaque microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brecciated jasper with iron-oxide and dark silicate inclusions
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenschist
Chlorite Schist
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Lepidolite
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Quartz (Fieldstone/Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Indigo Gabbro
Gabbro (MaFIC intrusive rock)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Feldspathic Gneiss (Granite Gneiss)
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Yellow Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions
Schist
Schist
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in matrix
Limonite
FeO(OH)•nH2O
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8) - Microcline
Epidote
Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Andesite Porphyry (Geological Drill Core)
Andesite Porphyry
Carved Stone Turtle
Carved Soapstone and Quartz
Silver
Ag (Native Silver)
Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion
Satin Spar Selenite
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)
Yellow Ochre (Limonite)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Quartz with inclusions
SiO2
Limestone (or Sandstone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) / Silica (SiO2)
Granitic Pegmatite with Graphic Texture
Graphic Granite (alkali feldspar and quartz intergrowth)
Phantom Quartz (Chlorite Inclusion)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite (Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony with green mineral inclusions), SiO2
Green Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium fluoride (CaF2)
Sandstone / Limestone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone or Calcareous Grainstone)
Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Olivine (Peridot when gem-quality)
Olivine Group (Magnesium Iron Silicate, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine minerals: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Shale or Siltstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Variable mineral composition including quartz and clay minerals)
Sandstone
Arenite
Pyrite in Quartz
FeS2 (Iron Pyrite) with SiO2 (Quartz)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (a clastic sedimentary rock)