Yellow Chalcedony (common opal or chert variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse mineraloid specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Yellow Chalcedony (common opal or chert variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Synthetic Resin / Plastic Figurine
Synthetic Polymer (Copolymer of Polyethylene or Resin)
Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Cullet Glass (Strawberry Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
Ambergris
Ambrein (C30H52O)
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
Sea Glass (Frosted Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various additives
Fordite
Anthropogenic paint-rock
Sea Glass (specifically Frosted White)
Amorphous Silica (substance: Sodium-calcium silicate glass)
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Uncertain dark gray-brown rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered chert, serpentine, or iron-stained quartzite
Fossilized oyster shell in limestone
Bivalvia fossil; chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Polished banded calcite/aragonite tower
Calcite (CaCO₃), possibly aragonite (CaCO₃)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenstone (Metabalt)
Chlorite-actinolite schist (Greenstone)
Dalmatian jasper
Quartz-bearing, orbicular microcrystalline silica (commonly sold as “Dalmatian jasper”; often an altered porphyritic igneous rock)
Tumbled brown-and-black stone, likely basalt or andesite
Fine-grained mafic to intermediate volcanic rock; commonly plagioclase, pyroxene, and possibly olivine or iron oxides
Geode with Quartz/Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebbles (Stream-rounded rocks)
Fluvial Detritus (varied mineralogy)
Polished bumblebee jasper (likely)
Calcite–sulfur-rich volcanic breccia, commonly sold as “bumblebee jasper”
Iron-rich metamorphic rock, likely specular hematite-bearing schist
Hematite–quartz–mica schist (tentative)
Small quartz-rich stone, possibly granite fragment
Indeterminate; likely quartz (SiO₂) with feldspar and/or mica
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Iron-stained metamorphic rock, likely schist or quartzite
Quartz–mica–iron oxide rock; probable muscovite/biotite schist or ferruginous quartzite
Banded Gneiss (with Quartz Vein)
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock of varying mineralogy)
Tumbled lepidolite-rich pegmatite (probable)
Lepidolite, K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2, in a granitic pegmatite matrix
Labradorite
(Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8 (Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
Sand Grain (Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow-green aventurine or serpentine pendant
Most likely serpentine-group mineral (magnesium silicate), possibly quartz-rich aventurine
Black-and-white spotted jasper (likely dalmatian jasper), polished beads
Commercially called Dalmatian jasper; typically a feldspar-rich rock with dark inclusions, not true jasper (microcrystalline quartz). Exact composition cannot be confirmed from the image.
Weathered brown rock fragment, possibly iron-rich sandstone or altered basalt
Indeterminate; likely an iron-oxide–stained silicate rock
Optical Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Small rounded pebble
Indeterminate lithic clast; likely weathered quartzite, sandstone, or chert
Weathered greenish rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly epidote- or chlorite-bearing altered silicate rock
Rounded river pebble (likely weathered granite or metamorphic rock)
Indeterminate; possible granitic or quartz-rich lithology
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Schist (likely Mica Schist)
Mica Schist
Pistachio-green and dark mineral-bearing rock, possibly serpentine with dark inclusions
Undetermined; the image is insufficient for reliable species-level identification
Mixed River Pebbles (Jasper, Hematite, and Quartzites)
Silicon dioxide (Jasper/Quartz) and Iron oxide (Hematite)
Painted beach pebble
Unidentified natural pebble; underlying lithology cannot be determined from the image
Dalmatian jasper (often sold as Dalmatian stone)
Quartz-bearing leucocratic alkali-feldspar–aegirine/arfvedsonite porphyritic rock; commercial “jasper” designation