Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse sedimentary rock (possibly conglomerate or breccia with a quartz vein) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Quartz Arenite / Sedimentary Rock
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Quartz (Milky or Cloudy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Grey Basalt or Andesite with Veining
Intermediate to Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock with Quartz/Calcite Veins
Quartz Pebble
Crystalline Silica (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (typically quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole composition)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite in Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Arenite)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Quartz Sandstone (predominantly)
Sandstone (Weathered Pebble)
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite)
Gneiss
Banded orthogneiss or paragneiss, typically quartz–feldspar–mica bearing
Polished Tumbled Fluorite (or Dark Amethyst)
CaF2 (Calcium Fluoride) / SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Sandstone
Quartz Arenite / Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Faceted Clear Quartz or Diamond Simulant
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) if Quartz or Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2) if Synthetic
Quartz-veined Granite or Gneiss Pebble
Silicate-rich metamorphic rock fragment
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered Sandstone or Siltstone
Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dark rounded stone, possibly basalt or iron-rich chert
Indeterminate from image; candidates include basalt (mafic volcanic rock) or chert (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Snakeskin Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide and calcium carbonate inclusions
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Quartz Arenite)
Milky Quartz Nodule / Geode precursor
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
Veined Basalt River Stone
Basalt with Calcite or Quartz veining
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky quartz with iron-oxide staining and matrix
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely massive quartz
Weathered volcanic rock, likely vesicular basalt or scoria
Basaltic volcanic rock; predominantly plagioclase, pyroxene, and possibly olivine with iron-oxide weathering
Gold Nugget / Placer Gold
Native Gold (Au)