Small tumbled quartz pebble
Quartz, SiO₂
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Small tumbled quartz pebble
Quartz, SiO₂
Small polished translucent stone, possibly chalcedony or quartz
Undetermined; likely microcrystalline silica (SiO₂), such as chalcedony
Polished orange-and-white agate slice
Banded chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Likely fossilized tooth fragment
Indeterminate vertebrate tooth; species cannot be identified from the image
Tumbled sea glass or pale-green quartz pebble
Indeterminate from image; possibly quartz (SiO₂), but the smooth translucent piece may be man-made glass
Tumbled rose quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), pink variety
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, composed chiefly of calcite (CaCO₃) and fossil fragments
Reddish granite (likely weathered granite)
Granite, a quartz–feldspar–mica plutonic rock
Fossil-bearing sedimentary rock, likely with a fossil shell or ammonite cross-section
Fossiliferous limestone or calcareous mudstone; fossil identity is uncertain from the image
Fossil-bearing limestone with a probable fossil shell
Fossiliferous limestone; the visible fossil may be a gastropod or other shelly fossil, but the image is not diagnostic enough for species identification.
Rounded metamorphic rock (likely gneiss or schist)
Foliated quartz–feldspar–mica rock; precise identification requires closer examination
Fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
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