Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse minerals specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Basalt with Amygdules
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Ammonite Fossil (Polished Section)
Ammonoidea (typically mineralized with Calcite CaCO3)
Gneiss (with Mica and Quartz)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Gneiss
Gneiss
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite Tower
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride - CaF2)
Siltstone or Sandstone Pebble
Lithic Arenite / Quartzose Siltstone
Milky Quartz with Chlorite/Epidote
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with phyllosilicate or sorosilicate inclusions
Chert (Nodular Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Odontaspididae (likely Carcharias sp.)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Bone Pebble
Silicified Fossilized Bone
Peach Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar ((K,Na)AlSi3O8) with inclusions
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite Schist)
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in sedimentary/volcanic host
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Turquoise (Green variety)
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Clear Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Moqui Marble (Shaman Stone)
Ironstone Concretion (Fe2O3 with a sandstone core)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Crab Carapace (Concretion)
Decapoda (fossil), typically preserved in calcite or siderite concretion
Quartz (Small Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slate
Slate (Foliated metamorphic rock consisting mainly of quartz and muscovite or illite)
Grey Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety: Agate/Chalcedony
Chert (often colloquially called Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Olivine (Peridotite)
Magnesium Iron Silicate - (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Mixed Polished Gemstones (Tumbled Stones)
Mixed Silicates and Oxides (SiO2, KAlSi3O8, Ca2Al2Be3Si6O22, etc.)
Ironstone (Limonite/Hematite)
Ferruginous Sedimentary Rock (composed largely of Fe2O3 and FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Green Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt with Iron Oxides
Mafic Igneous Rock (Mafite)
Limestone
Sedimentary rock composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz Crystal Fragment
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Glauconite (Greensand)
(K, Na)(Fe3⁰, Al, Mg)₂(Si, Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Quartz (Milky variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Quartzite (Blue Aventurine / Dumortierite Quartz)
Quartzite with inclusions (SiO2 with AlAl4BSi3O18)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)