Weathered dark flint (chert) pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called flint or chert
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Weathered dark flint (chert) pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called flint or chert
Quartz-rich mineral fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
Rounded basalt pebble
Basalt; fine-grained mafic volcanic rock, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene with minor olivine or magnetite
Tumbled yellow chalcedony (likely citrine or yellow quartz)
Quartz, SiO₂; potentially microcrystalline chalcedony
Tumbled green aventurine (probable)
Quartz aggregate, SiO₂, commonly containing fuchsite mica inclusions
Polished brown jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Pink-and-white quartz-rich rock, likely rose quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly rose-quartz-bearing quartzite; minor iron-oxide staining
Black polished/tumbled stone, likely basalt or black jasper
Most likely fine-grained basalt (plagioclase and pyroxene); appearance can also match microcrystalline quartz (black jasper)
Red jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Fossil brachiopod shell
Likely spiriferid or strophomenid brachiopod; calcium carbonate (primarily calcite)
Polished brecciated jasper (likely septarian or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron oxides and possibly calcite or other rock fragments
Tumbled chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with chalcedony and minor iron oxides
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