Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
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Browse sedimentary or igneous associated mineral specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese Silicate), (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Arsenopyrite in Quartz Matrix
Arsenopyrite (FeAsS)
Schist
Mica Schist
Weathered Pyrite Nodule
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) undergoing oxidation to limonite/goethite
Likely quartz-bearing mineral aggregate
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly mixed with mica or feldspar
Gneiss
Gneiss
Schist
Chlorite/Mica Schist
Quartz Chip
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Crystal Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Potassium Feldspar (Orthoclase)
KAlSi3O8
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dalmatian Stone (Dalmation Jasper)
Aplite with Arfvedsonite inclusions
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (pronounced "nice")
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Blue Apatite
Apatite-(CaF), Ca5(PO4)3F
Quartz Pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Beryl (likely Aquamarine or Green Beryl)
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Gneiss
Metamorphic Gneiss
Native American Hammerstone / Pitted Stone
Modified lithic artifact (often quartzite, basalt, or granite)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky Quartz / Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Crystal
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite (likely Fluorite on Quartz/Matrix)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Gneiss
Metamorphic Gneiss
Blue Apatite
Calcium phosphate mineral, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Dalmation Jasper
Dalmation Stone (perthitic feldspar with arfvedsonite)
Gold-bearing Quartz
Auriferous Quartz (SiO2 with native Au)
Howlite (tumbled stone)
Howlite, Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅
Botryoidal Rhodochrosite
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Howlite (Tumbled)
Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine/Yellow Jasper mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Banded Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Milky Quartz with Tourmaline and Iron Oxides
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)