Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
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Browse sedimentary (if natural jasper) or artificial (if slag) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Tumbled cream chalcedony or quartz
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly iron-stained chalcedony
Banded Chert (Jasper) River Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dark basalt or fine-grained mafic rock
Basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and commonly olivine or iron-titanium oxides
Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Melo Melo Pearl (or Golden Chalcedony / Yellow Jasper Sphere)
Non-nacreous calcium carbonate pearl (or SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Mixed tumbled stone collection
Assorted minerals, likely including quartz, jasper, agate, and possibly obsidian or hematite
Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Iron inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (variety of Chalcedony - SiO2)
Polished red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Tumbled Agate (Dyed Blue)
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony variety)
Carnelian (a variety of Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly limonite-bearing sandstone or laterite
Limonite/goethite-rich ferruginous rock; exact identification requires testing
Unknown Tumbled Stone
Unknown (Too Blurry)
Chalcedony (Agate Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (Dyed High-Grade Polished Slice)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2), Chalcedony crystal variety
Chert (Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Carved Mottled Greenish-Yellow Crystal/Glass Object
Unknown; possibly a form of quartz (chalcedony/jadeite/nephrite) or glass/resin.
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Sand and Gravel (Quartz-rich)
Unconsolidated fluvial/beach sediment (primarily Silica/SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or laterite
Ferruginous sandstone; potentially lateritic ironstone, composed mainly of quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Septarian Nodule (Yellow Jasper variety)
Septarian Nodule (comprising Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone/Bentonite)
Weathered river pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or iron-stained quartzite
Provisional identification: quartz-rich sandstone/quartzite; exact composition cannot be confirmed from the image
Citrine
Quartz (SiO₂)
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Jasper Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Chert (Jasper/Common Opal mix)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amber with dark mineral/organic inclusions
Fossilized plant resin (amber; chiefly polymerized diterpenoid resin)
Polished ocean jasper (orbicular jasper), probable
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Dyed blue howlite (turquoise imitation), possibly dyed magnesite
Howlite: Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅; the vivid blue color is artificial dye. Exact identification is uncertain from the photograph alone.
Likely purple quartzite or purple chert
Quartzite/chert, predominantly microcrystalline SiO₂; exact identification requires testing
Tumbled brown stone, likely jasper or iron-stained quartz
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony/jasper with iron-oxide inclusions
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine/Yellow Jasper Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Jasper Marble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Impurities
Yellow Chert (Yellow Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed or coated quartz geode
Quartz geode; silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely artificially color-enhanced
Turquoise cabochon
Turquoise; hydrated copper–aluminum phosphate, approximately CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (composition varies)