Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Category
Browse organic gemstone (not a rock or mineral in the traditional sense, but bio mineralized material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Clear / Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rough Dark Green Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Smoky Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities and aluminum inclusions
Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Blue Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with inclusions like Dumortierite or Magnesio-riebeckite)
Quartz (specifically Clear Quartz or Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper (or Dalmatian Stone)
Dalmatian Stone (A peralkaline felsite composed of feldspar, quartz, and sodic amphibole)
Chalcedony Geode
Chalcedony (SiO2) within a geode structure
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz or Yellow Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Composite material (bitumen binder with mineral aggregate)
Chert (often called Flint when dark)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Lepidolite
K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (a plutonic igneous rock composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica)
Quartz (Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace Chromium and Iron)
Basalt
Basalt
Red Garnet
Garnet Group (e.g., Pyrope, Almandine, Spessartine, Grossular, Andradite, Uvarovite)
Ruby in Zoisite
Ruby (Corundum, Al2O3) in Zoisite (Calcium aluminum silicate hydroxide, Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)) with some Hornblende
Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Grey Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (formed by low-grade regional metamorphism of shale or mudstone)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Biotite Mica
K(Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+)Si3O10(OH,F)2
Sapphire (likely blue synthetic sapphire or blue glass in a ring)
Corundum (Al₂O₃), specifically the blue variety due to trace amounts of iron and titanium impurities. If synthetic, it would still be Al₂O₃.
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Jasper (specifically Red Jasper or Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz)
Rutilated Quartz
SiO2 with TiO2 inclusions
Carnelian
Carnelian (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO₂)
Diamond
Diamond (C)
Granite (Pink/Red variety)
Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, K-Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Corundum (Sapphire in Host Rock)
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminum; CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Chert (Nodule)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Diamond
Diamond (C)