Chert (Arrowhead Preform or Flake)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (Arrowhead Preform or Flake)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint or Novaculite variant)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (or Chalcedony)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Green variety)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (variously known as Flint or River Pebble)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Opaline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead/Scraper Preform)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead/Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Handaxe with Inlaid Fossil Echinoid
Flint / Chert (SiO2) containing a fossil Conulus albogalerus
Native Silver
Silver (elemental Ag)
Red jasper flake/tool blank
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Nickel coin (U.S. currency)
Cupronickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel alloy)
Jade (likely Nephrite Jade based on appearance)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Weathered sandstone or fine-grained sedimentary rock
Quartz-rich sandstone, possibly arkose or lithic sandstone
Chert (specifically as a lithic artifact/projectile point)
Chert (Silicon dioxide, SiO2)
Chert or flint cobbles
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with chalcedony
Banded Slag Glass (Leland Blue/Frankfort Green style)
Anthropogenic Glass Specimen (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Flint or chert flake
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly chalcedony with possible minor impurities
Polished blue calcite sphere (tentative identification)
Calcite, CaCO₃; blue color generally results from trace impurities or inclusions
Flint or chert flake/tool
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂
Iron-rich slag or weathered ironstone fragments
Probably hematite–goethite material; possibly industrial iron slag (Fe₂O₃/FeO(OH))
Sandstone (Grooved/Weathered)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz and Lithic fragments)
Chert Nodules in Limestone
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert or flint fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chert
Chert (flint), likely with iron-stained weathering rind
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper when red)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint when dark)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often found as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Diamond (in a gold ring)
Diamond (pure carbon, C)
Granodiorite
Granodiorite
Flint (chert) flake/tool
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brown flint/chert
Ferruginous Slag (Iron Smelting Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate (often containing Fayalite: Fe2SiO4)
Granite Pebble
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock comprising Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Tumbled aqua glassy mineral specimen, likely chrysocolla or turquoise imitation
Uncertain from image; possible chrysocolla (hydrated copper aluminosilicate, variable composition) or dyed/man-made glass
Chert (Arrowhead variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Weathered flint or chert nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly flint/chert