Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with chromium and vanadium impurities)
Category
Browse organic gemstone (not a rock or mineral in the traditional sense, but bio mineralized material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with chromium and vanadium impurities)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/SiO2)
Polished quartz vein in iron-stained host rock
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with limonite/goethite and possible feldspathic or chalcedonic matrix
Bivalve Fossil in Sedimentary Matrix
Fossiliferous Mudstone (Class: Bivalvia)
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petrifaction
Sedimentary rock with fossil inclusions / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Copper-bearing altered rock, likely chrysocolla-bearing quartzite or breccia
Quartz (SiO₂) with copper silicate minerals, chiefly chrysocolla [approximately (Cu,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O], and iron oxides
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula SiO2)
Amber
Succinite / Fossilized Resin (C10H16O)
Witch Stone (Hag Stone)
Perforated Sedimentary Rock (Typically Sandstone or Limestone)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Iron-rich breccia (likely hematite–goethite breccia)
Hematite (Fe₂O₃) and goethite (FeO(OH)) in a silicified or iron-cemented breccia
Weathered, veined rock fragment (likely granite or gneiss)
Probable granitic gneiss; quartz–feldspar–mica assemblage
Rounded basalt cobble
Basalt; fine-grained mafic volcanic rock, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene with possible olivine
Weathered quartz-bearing rock fragments
Likely quartz (SiO₂) in a weathered iron-stained host rock; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Diamond (Martapura/Borneo Diamond)
Carbon (C) - Diamond
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide / Chalcedony)
Quartz-rich druse specimen
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide staining and minor feldspar or mica
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite (Iron-rich Siltstone / Sandstone base)
Hydrous ferric oxide mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Possible fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate, likely calcite (CaCO₃)
Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Vertebrate Fossilized Tooth
Amber
Succinite (specifically Baltic Amber) - Formula: C10H16O (approximate)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Tumbled turquoise (probable)
Turquoise, hydrated copper aluminum phosphate — CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Weathered quartz-bearing rock, possibly granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica aggregate; exact identification requires testing
Bivalve Fossil (Fossilized Shell)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized in Calcium Carbonate/Aragonite)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, $SiO_2$)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Hydroxyapatite replaced by Minerals)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished green stone, likely nephrite jade
Nephrite, an interlocking tremolite–actinolite amphibole aggregate (Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂)
Geode (unopened)
Chert / Chalcedony Geode (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Fossil shark tooth in limestone
Selachii indet.; calcitic fossil embedded in carbonate rock
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber (Raw)
Succinite (Fossilized Resin)
Tumbled Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3)
Iron-rich basalt or weathered ironstone
Basalt, likely variolitic/vesicular and coated with iron oxides; composition mainly plagioclase, pyroxene, and magnetite/hematite
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18)