Rock and Mineral Samples

Close-up images of various rocks and minerals, showcasing textures and colors. The samples include schist, vesuvianite, and quartz in a natural setting.

Muscovite (MICA) Palermo ,1 Pegmatite North Groton, New Hampshire, USA Date:

A sample of schist, a medium to coarse-grained, foliated, metamorphic rock typically containing muscovite, biotite, chlorite, and quartz. Feldspar, usually albite or oligoclase, also commonly occurs. Dated 20th Century

Vesuvianite originated from Norway

Ilmenite with Quartz, oxides.

Bismuthinite vein in raw quartz stone on white macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - Bismuthinite vein in raw quartz stone on white marble background from Malkhanskoye mine Malkhan from Transbaikal region of Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11949855

Muscovite (MICA) Palermo ,1 Pegmatite North Groton, New Hampshire, USA Date:

Nepheline, silicate.

Molybdenite inclusions in quartz isolated on white background; Molybdenite is ore of mineral resources Molybdenium; macro shooting, collection specimen

Muscovite originally from Mursinsk in the Urals Russia

Guarinite, silicate.

Pyrite, sulphide, with Quartz, oxide.

Anhydrite

Minerals: Silicates - Pistacite

MINERAL-FLUORITA.

Uraninite or Pitchblende, oxide, radioactive mineral.

Hematite, oxide.

Aerolite, stony meteorite.

Augite, silicate.

Minerals: Hornblend (Calcium Sodium Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)

Kyanite, typically blue silicate mineral, commonly found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and/or sedimentary rock.

Chromite, oxide.

MINERAL. Location: INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO Y MINERO. MADRID. SPANIEN.

Olivine Gabbro, Plutonic, Grenville, Quebec A coarse-grained plutonic rock composed essentially of calcic plagioclase, pyroxene and iron oxides

Thulite, silicate, variety of Zoisite.

Ilvaite, silicate.

Amphibolite, metamorphic rock.

Olivine, San Carlos, Arizona, USA, North America

Cassiterite, oxide.

Dacite, igneous volcanic rock.

Sphalerite with Siderite, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA, North America

Dunite, Plutonic, Estrei, Quebec Dunite is an ultramafic plutonic rock that is composed almost exclusively of olivine

Atacamite, halide.

MINERAL-HEMIMORFITA.

Minerals: Octahedral crystal senarmontite

Dolomite, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, Central America

Dyskrasite, sulphide.

Campo del Cielo iron meteorite slice etched and polished to show Widmanstatten structure of large austenite crystals. Meteorite fell 4,000 to 5,800 years ago in Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina.

Lepidolite, silicate.

Melanterite Salsigne native France in the Aude

Heulandite, silicate.

Descloizite, phosphate.

Minerals: Andradite (Calcium Iron Silicate)

Minerals: Magnesite (Magnesium Carbonate)

Vesuvianite originated from Norway

Mimetite, arsenate.

Amphibole Anthophyllite variety ((Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2) South Finland Date:

Cobaltite, sulphide.

Minerals: Silicates - Vermiculite (Hydrated Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)

Meteorite (Coarse Octahedrite) (char), Deport, Texas, USA, North America

Photograph of Fluorite (also called fluorspar), the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It belongs to the halide minerals. It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit, although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon.

Twinned crystal of Orthoclase, silicate.

Pyroaurite, Estrie, Quebec Pyroaurite is a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium and iron

Thomsonite crystals. A tecto-silicate mineral series from the zeolite group. Each grouped crystal is long and blade-like, with the effect of radiating prisms.

Sillimanite from the United States

Breccia with fossil bones, sedimentary rock.

Olivine, silicate.

Zircon in Yellowish Beryl, silicates.

calcite (carbonate, caco3) hexagonal-r structure. (pleasant ridge quarry, indiana, usa.)

Ottrelite, Non Foliated, Gatineau, Quebec Ottrelite is a manganese-rich variety of the silicate mineral chloritoid

Datolite, silicate.

Thomsonite crystals. A tecto-silicate mineral series from the zeolite group. Each grouped crystal is long and blade-like, with the effect of radiating prisms.

Cassiterite, oxide.

Millerite, sulphide.

Aggregate formed by fragments of crystals showing parallel growth. Dated 19th Century

Rutile Hair of Venus on Quartz, oxides.

Pennantite, Chlorite, Lennoxville, Quebec Pennantite is a mineral of the chlorite group consisting of basic silicate of manganese and aluminum isomorphous with silicate of manganese and aluminum

Diamond in Matrix (Kimberlite), Peridotite, Kimberly, South Africa, Africa

Petzite, from Kalgoorlie, Australia.

Native copper crystals.

MINERAL-YESO CRISTALIZADO-ROCA SEDIMENTARIA SALINA.

Galena, PbS main ore mineral of lead Madan, Bulgaria Date:

Minerals: Grossular (Calcium Aluminum Silicate)

Hornblende originated from Canada

Adularia, silicate, and Hematite, oxide.

Minerals: Oxides. Radiate pyrolusite

Zoisite, silicate.

Granulite, Contact Metamorphism

Rhodizite, carbonate.

mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

Scapolite. minerals. North America; Canada; Quebec; Argenteuil County; Grenville

Minerals: Meteoric iron. Henbury, Australia

Hyalophane, silicate.

Minerals: Silicates - Clinochlore (Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)

Minerals and Rocks - Phosphorite

Mica Pegmatite, Gatineau, Quebec Most pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar and mica, having a similar silicic composition as granite

Chalcocite from Cornwall UK

Amphibole. minerals. Europe; Italy; Piemont Region; Traversella

Minerals: Silicates. Chromophore jadeite

Calcite. minerals. North America; USA; New Jersey; Sussex County; Franklin District

A sample of Gypsum, a soft sulphate mineral composed of calcium sulphate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO·2HO. Dated 20th Century

Hornesite. minerals. South America; Brazil; Minas Gerais State; Itinga; Taquaral

Hubnerite originated from Peru

Marl, Siliclastic, Grenville, Quebec Marl or marlstone is a calcium carbonate or lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and silt. It is a mixture of clay and calcium carbonate

Wolfsbergite, sulphide.

Wolframite, oxide.

FOSSIL LEPIDODENDRON ACULEATUM. Location: FACULTAD DE BIOLOGICAS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Diabase, igneous rock.

Tarbuttite, phosphate.

mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

Anhydrite, sulphate.

Minerals: Sibnite (Antimony Sulfide) in Calcite (Calcium Carbonate)

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