Natural or Cultured Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin), CaCO3
Category
Browse mineraloid (organic gemstone) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Natural or Cultured Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin), CaCO3
Chert (and Chert-based Jasper)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (and Quartzite)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Polished amber cabochon
Amber (fossilized plant resin; chiefly carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with variable organic compounds)
Baltic amber beads
Amber (fossilized plant resin), commonly succinite; organic polymer dominated by resin acids
Polished amber
Fossilized plant resin; primarily organic terpenoid compounds (succinite when Baltic-type)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chert (varietal Flint or Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered chert or silicified limestone
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert formed by silicification of carbonate rock
Chert (Brown Variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-rich variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Yellow Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (White-Tan variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) / Microcrystalline Quartz
Tumbled amber (likely)
Amber; fossilized plant resin, commonly succinite (organic material rather than a mineral)
Chert (specifically Tan/Yellow Chert)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Chert (Nodular)
Chert (SiO2 - Microcrystalline Quartz)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Commonly known as Flint or Jasper when pigmented)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint/Jasper)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Translucent amber-colored gemstone, likely citrine or amber
Most plausibly quartz (SiO₂), specifically citrine; amber would be fossilized resin (organic polymer)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (specifically for Baltic Amber), Formula: C10H16O
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint when dark)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Commonly known as Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber (rough amber piece)
Fossilized plant resin; predominantly polymerized terpenoid resin (succinite, when Baltic-type)
Amber
Fossilized tree resin; primarily an organic polymer of terpenoid compounds (succinite when Baltic-type)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (and Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Cherty Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)