Jasper
Jasper (SiO2 plus impurities)
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Browse sedimentary (if natural jasper) or artificial (if slag) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Jasper
Jasper (SiO2 plus impurities)
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica Glass (Anthropogenic)
Red Zebra Jasper
Silicon dioxide with hematite impurities (SiO2)
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Yellow chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained chert/jasper
Agate (Polished Slice)
Banded Chalcedony (SiO2)
Blue Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz), SiO2
Likely rough garnet-bearing metamorphic rock
Garnet schist or garnet amphibolite; reddish areas may be almandine garnet (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Blue Dyed Agate Geode Slice
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with artificial cobalt/iron-based dye
Green glassy slag or manufactured glass bead
Noncrystalline silicate glass; likely industrial glass/slag, not a true mineral
Red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline quartz variety (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Tumbled green stone, likely serpentine or green jasper
Probable serpentine-group mineral (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄) or microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony
Tumbled brown stone, likely chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probable chert/jasper
Polished jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Tektite (specifically Indochinite)
Tektite (Natural silica glass)
Tumbled brecciated jasper
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Jasper pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Tumbled jasper, likely red/brown jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored chiefly by iron oxides
Red aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Goethite inclusions
Iron-rich mineral specimen, possibly magnetite-rich ore
Possibly magnetite (Fe₃O₄), with associated iron oxides; identification is uncertain from the photograph
Stone Mosaic Mask
Composite silicate and carbonate minerals
Tumbled brown quartz/chert pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chert or jasper
Yellow Quartz (possibly dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Picture Jasper
Silicon dioxide with iron oxide impurities (SiO2)
Agate (Dyed Blue)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained jasper
Iron-stained quartz/chert pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide minerals, chiefly goethite/limonite
Vesicular basalt (possibly scoriaceous basalt)
Basalt; predominantly plagioclase feldspar, clinopyroxene, and Fe-Ti oxides, with possible olivine
Tumbled green-blue glassy mineral, possibly fluorite or aventurine
Uncertain from image; possible fluorite (CaF₂) or quartz aventurine (SiO₂)
Jasper (Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper with Hematite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3)
Red jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides
Chert (Flint Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rounded quartz-rich pebbles, likely jasper/chert with one iron-stained specimen
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly jasper or chert; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Orbicular jasper (orbicular chert/jasper)
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Riverstone Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and silicate inclusions
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron silicate inclusions
Polished black stone sphere (likely black basalt or black tourmaline)
Most likely fine-grained basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene); mineral identification is uncertain from the image alone
Conglomeratic gravel / polymictic breccia
Polymictic rudite, likely anthropogenic or beach/stream gravel; composition varies