Black onyx-style bead bracelet
Likely polished black chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂); the beads may also be dyed agate or another black stone.
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Black onyx-style bead bracelet
Likely polished black chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂); the beads may also be dyed agate or another black stone.
Likely biotite-rich mica schist
Mica schist, chiefly biotite (K(Mg,Fe)₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂); exact identification from image is uncertain
Beaded bracelet with black and white stone beads
The white beads may be howlite (Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅); the glossy black beads cannot be identified confidently from the image and may be obsidian, onyx, or another material.
Likely iron-rich metamorphic rock (possibly hematite-rich ironstone)
Uncertain from the image; possible hematite-bearing ironstone, chiefly Fe₂O₃ with associated silicate minerals
Gemstone stud earrings, likely set with clear stones
The stones may be diamond (carbon, C) or colorless cubic zirconia (ZrO₂); the image is insufficient to distinguish them.
Diamond stud earrings
Diamond, crystalline carbon (C)
Banded fluorite pebble (likely)
Fluorite, CaF₂
Blue apatite crystals
Apatite group, commonly fluorapatite (Ca₅(PO₄)₃F)
Small blue cut gemstone, possibly synthetic spinel or glass; species cannot be determined from the photo
Undetermined; blue synthetic spinel (MgAl₂O₄) is one possibility
Red jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored red by iron oxides
Banded agate (polished/tumbled)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely banded chalcedony
Banded quartz-rich rock (possibly pegmatite)
Likely quartz–feldspar pegmatite; identification is tentative from the photo
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