Clear 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.
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Bone
Petrified Bone (Fluorapatite / Calcium Phosphate replacement)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, formula SiO2)
Turquoise
Turquoise - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Precious Coral (Red Coral)
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Bloodstone (also known as Heliotrope)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Fossiliferous Limestone / Petrifaction
Sedimentary rock with fossil inclusions / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenicola (comprising mostly Quartz, SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil in Sedimentary Matrix
Fossiliferous Mudstone (Class: Bivalvia)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide with Iron impurities (SiO2)
Amber
(C10H16O)n – an amorphous organic substance, primarily composed of polymerized isoprenoids.
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amber
Succinite (C10H16O)
Possible fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate, likely calcite (CaCO₃)
Green Opal
Hydrated amorphous silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Chert (Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amber (Copal)
Fossilized Tree Resin
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Amber
Succinite / Fossilized Resin (C10H16O)
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, $SiO_2$)
Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Vertebrate Fossilized Tooth
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Fossil (Hydroxyapatite replaced by Minerals)
Amber
Succinite (Resinite)
Vesicular quartz-rich rock, possibly weathered rhyolite or silicified volcanic breccia
Silica-rich volcanic rock; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with altered feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Tumbled Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Turban Shell (Polished)
Turbo marmoratus (Aragonite/Calcite)
Bivalve Fossil (Fossilized Shell)
Class Bivalvia (fossilized in Calcium Carbonate/Aragonite)
Chert Nodule
Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)