Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished brecciated jasper (likely orbicular/picture jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining and breccia fragments
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or laterite
Ferruginous sandstone; potentially lateritic ironstone, composed mainly of quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides
Calcite (likely honey/orange calcite)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Tumbled blue stone, likely blue aventurine or dyed quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly with fuchsite inclusions; exact identification requires testing
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (SiO2)
Concrete with Exposed Aggregate
Anthropogenic conglomerate (Concrete)
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly laterite or limonite-bearing sandstone
Laterite/limonite-rich material; commonly dominated by goethite (FeO(OH)) and hydrated iron oxides
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly limonite-bearing sandstone or laterite
Limonite/goethite-rich ferruginous rock; exact identification requires testing
Yellow Chalcedony (Carnelian / Agate Pebbles)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica granitoid; possibly gneiss if the visible layering is tectonic
Metallic sulfide mineral specimen, likely pyrite
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly a pyrite-rich sulfide aggregate
Greywacke (Stream Pebble with Quartz/Calcite Veins)
Greywacke sandstone / Metagraywacke
Chert (specifically a Worked Flint/Knapped Flake)
Chert / Flint (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Fossiliferous limestone, possibly containing a brachiopod or bivalve fossil
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), with an apparent shell impression or shell fragment
Quartz-bearing rock or quartz-rich mineral specimen
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂); exact host rock is uncertain from the image
Pyrite on Quartz matrix
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow or Tan Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green aventurine quartzite (likely)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with possible fuchsite, chlorite, or epidote
Polished amber-colored stone, possibly chert or jasper
Uncertain from image; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) if chert/jasper
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Blue mineral specimen, likely bornite (“peacock ore”)
Bornite, Cu5FeS4, possibly iridescent chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Quartz (Milky/Common Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unakite-like granite with a white feldspar inclusion
Granite, chiefly quartz–feldspar–biotite; pale inclusion likely albite/orthoclase feldspar
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (likely Clear Quartz or Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized tooth, likely a mammalian tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossil tooth; possibly an ungulate or carnivoran tooth
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silica / Silicon Dioxide), SiO2
Fossil Shell Fragment (possibly Brachiopod or Bivalve)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Phylum Brachiopoda or Mollusca
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone with Quartz or Calcite Veining
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) matrix with SiO2 or CaCO3 inclusions