Polished brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with hematite/goethite and pale chalcedony or feldspar inclusions
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Browse sedimentary (if natural jasper) or artificial (if slag) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with hematite/goethite and pale chalcedony or feldspar inclusions
Tumbled orange chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Iridescent chalcopyrite (“peacock ore”)
Chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂, commonly surface-oxidized to covellite and related copper sulfides
Tumbled hematite-rich ironstone
Hematite (Fe₂O₃), likely mixed with magnetite and iron-bearing silicates
Red jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored by iron oxides
Likely polished black stone, possibly obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass; primarily SiO₂), tentative identification
Tumbled smoky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), brown variety colored by irradiation and trace aluminum
Polished brecciated jasper (likely ribbon jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Iron-stained jasper (likely orbicular/brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored by iron oxides/hydroxides
Iron-rich chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), stained by hematite/goethite
Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron; interlayered hematite, jasper, and crocidolite-quartz (often riebeckite)
Polished jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled jasper (likely ocean/picture jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Chalcedony (Jasper/Agate mix)
Quartz (microcrystalline SiO2)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Polished brown chalcedony (likely carnelian or jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron oxides produce the brown coloration
Tumbled chalcopyrite (likely)
Chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂
Tumbled yellow jasper or serpentine
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂); possible serpentine: Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Likely polished red-and-blue jasper (identification uncertain from the image)
Jasper, an opaque, microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂)
Dyed druzy quartz geode
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely artificially dyed
Dark river-worn cobble, possibly basalt or fine-grained volcanic rock
Likely basaltic rock; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Tumbled jasper or chalcedony pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained jasper/chalcedony
Small tumbled jasper or chert pebbles
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-bearing jasper/chalcedony
Chalcedony Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Vesicular basalt (likely scoria)
Basaltic scoria; predominantly plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine in a mafic volcanic glass/microcrystalline matrix
Bornite (Peacock Ore)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Weathered copper-bearing rock, likely malachite-bearing matrix
Malachite (Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂) with iron-oxide-stained host rock; exact identification requires testing
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Polished iron-rich meteorite (probable Sikhote-Alin-type iron meteorite)
Fe–Ni kamacite/taenite alloy, with possible troilite inclusions
Tumbled carnelian/chalcedony
Carnelian, orange-red microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), a variety of chalcedony
Rainbow carborundum (silicon carbide)
Silicon carbide, SiC; commonly synthetic moissanite/carborundum specimen
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
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Obsidian (likely black volcanic glass)
Obsidian; naturally occurring rhyolitic glass, primarily SiO₂
Polished iron-stained chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely ferruginous chert/jasper
Rounded gray stone, likely weathered chert or quartz-rich river pebble
Chert (microcrystalline SiO₂), tentative
Tumbled brown jasper (probable ocean jasper or iron-rich chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Red jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored chiefly by iron oxides
Tumbled yellow jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Riverstone Jasper (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with hematite/goethite and iron-rich alteration minerals