Yellow Calcite (or Orange/Banded Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
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Browse mineral side rock specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Yellow Calcite (or Orange/Banded Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Rough Garnet in Matrix
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2Si3O12)
Garnet
Pyrope or Almandine (X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Clear Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Raw quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Quartz crystal fragment in weathered host rock
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly in a feldspathic or iron-stained matrix
Uncertain polished mineral specimen
Indeterminate; possibly quartz or feldspar with iron-oxide staining
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger or Mackerel Shark)
Carcharias sp. or Otodus sp. replaced by Hydroxylapatite/Calcium Carbonate
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (SiO₂), likely a small hexagonal prismatic crystal
Amethyst cluster/geode
Quartz, crystalline silica (SiO₂), purple variety colored mainly by iron impurities and irradiation
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Coral)
Milky quartz (rough quartz crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Milky quartz crystal cluster
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Milky quartz with iron-oxide staining
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely a translucent massive variety
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Quartz–calcite sulfide-bearing mineral specimen
Quartz (SiO₂) with likely calcite (CaCO₃) and iron sulfides, possibly pyrite (FeS₂); exact species requires testing
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Clear quartz crystal (likely quartz bead/specimen)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz crystal cluster (likely rose or milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂); trigonal crystal system
Garnet in Matrix
Almandine or Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3) in Schist or Eclogite matrix
Epidote (Unakite variety)
Epidosite (Metasomatic rock containing Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Granodiorite Core
Granodiorite
Likely basalt fragment
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Mixed Mineral Collection (Quartz, Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Pyrite, etc.)
Mixed Silicates and Sulfides (SiO2, FeS2)
Iron-stained quartz crystal cluster
Quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained; exact variety uncertain
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Smoky quartz crystal cluster
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely smoky variety with possible feldspar or matrix inclusions
Amethyst quartz cluster
Quartz, SiO₂; purple variety amethyst
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata
Mixed quartz specimens, including amethyst
Quartz (SiO₂), with purple amethyst variety; possible milky or included quartz
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Amethyst
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2 with iron impurities)