Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse organic gemstone (not a rock or mineral in the traditional sense, but bio mineralized material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz replacement, SiO2)
Pearl (as a Biogenic Mineral)
Calcium Carbonate (mostly Aragonite) with Conchiolin; CaCO3
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Green Turban Shell (Polished)
Turbo marmoratus (Aragonite/Calcite)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rounded iron-rich pebble
Likely hematite/goethite-bearing quartzite or ironstone; exact identification requires testing
Banded Jasper
Silicate Mineral (Microcrystalline Quartz / SiO2)
Travertine (Tufa)
Chemical Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Quartz Druzy on Matrix (likely Agate or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various mineral inclusions
Goldstone (blue/black aventurine glass)
Man-made aventurine glass; silica glass containing metallic copper or other glittering inclusions
Hag Stone (Adder Stone / Geode-bearing Pebble)
Sedimentary Rock with Cavity (often Quartzite, Limestone, or Sandstone)
Coal (Anthracite / Bituminous)
Organic Sedimentary Rock (Carbon-based)
Likely weathered quartz-bearing rock
Probably quartz-rich pegmatite or altered feldspathic rock; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Clear Quartz (Double Terminated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Moss Agate (Crescent Moon Shape)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron/manganese inclusions
Mosasaur Tooth Fossil
Mosasaurus sp.
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Basanite / Jasperoid)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jadeite Bangle
NaAlSi2O6 (Jadeite pyroxene mineral aggregate)
Likely nephrite jade pebble
Nephrite, an interlocking amphibole aggregate dominated by tremolite–actinolite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich quartzite or sandstone pebble
Ferruginous quartzite; primarily quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide coatings
Iron-rich concretion or weathered ironstone
Goethite–hematite limonite aggregate; commonly described as limonite or ironstone
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Flower Agate (Plume Agate)
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide) with Spherulitic Inclusions - SiO2
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper / Aplite
Turquoise and Red Coral
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Turquoise) and Corallium rubrum (Red Coral)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
White seed-bead gemstone strand, likely freshwater pearl or shell pearl
Pearl: nacreous calcium carbonate, chiefly aragonite (CaCO₃) in conchiolin; identification uncertain from image
Bituminous Coal (with Anthracite or Vitrinite inclusion)
Organic-rich Sedimentary Rock (Carboniferous classification)
Chert (Brecciated Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red coral beads
Precious coral, commonly Corallium rubrum (calcium-carbonate skeleton)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet
Almandine/Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Yellow Ochre / Limonite
Limonite (inter-mixed iron oxides and hydroxides, primarily FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Jade Ring
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amazonite
Microcline (KAlSi3O8)