Gneiss (with Quartz and Mica)
Gneiss
Category
Browse mixed (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Gneiss (with Quartz and Mica)
Gneiss
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock of variable mineralogy, often quartz-feldspar base)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Greenstone
Metamorphosed Mafic Igneous Rock
Citrine
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (Micaceous Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 with KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 inclusions)
Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky quartz (massive quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rainbow Moonstone (White Labradorite)
Labradorite (Feldspar family, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8)
Coarse Sand Grain / Lithic Fragment
Clastic Sediment (Lithic fragment or Quartz/Feldspar grain)
Biotite or Phlogopite Mica
K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), microcrystalline to coarsely crystalline variety
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Common variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite (Lodestone variety)
Magnetite (Iron(II,III) oxide, Fe3O4)
Magnetite / Ironstone
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite on Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite (Fools Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (in a rock matrix)
Quartz (SiO2)
Moonstone
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Rock crystal quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Mohave Turquoise (Composite/Stabilized)
Hydrated copper aluminium phosphate (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) with stabilizing resin and metallic inclusions
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Shale
Shale
Sugilite
KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Tourmaline (likely Schorl)
Tourmaline Group Mineral (e.g., Schorl for black varieties); (Na,Ca)(Li,Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)