Coal
Anthracite or Bituminous Coal (Carbon)
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Coal
Anthracite or Bituminous Coal (Carbon)
Vesicular Rhyolite
Rhyolite (High-silica volcanic rock)
Quartz (variety of colors)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone (Quartz-rich Cobble)
Arenite
Weathered chert or chalcedony nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly silicified limestone or agate-like chalcedony
Pyrite
Pyrite (FeS2)
Red Quartzite
Quartzite (Metamorphic quartz sandstone)
Aragonite
Aragonite (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Sandstone (SiO2 with matrix/cement)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (variable SiO2 composition)
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Synthetic copper-bearing soda-lime glass; commonly sold as red goldstone
Pearl
Aragonite (CaCO3 with conchiolin)
Fossilized Coral (Coquina/Limestone)
Cnidaria Anthozoa (Fossilized)
Chalk
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Smoky Quartz Cluster
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic quartz rock (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Nacre (Mother of Pearl)
Nacre (Biogenic Aragonite/Calcite composite, CaCO3)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Fossiliferous Sandstone (SiO2 composition)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz Arenite
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Sandstone
Arenite (specifically sublithic or quartz arenite)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Chert (Chert / Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (mostly Aragonite), CaCO3 (with conchiolin)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (SiO2, KAlSi3O8, NaAlSi3O8, CaAl2Si2O8)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone (composed primarily of CaCO3)
Jasper (yellow/cream variety)
SiO₂ (Cryptocrystalline Quartz)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite)
Quartzite
Quartzite (Metamorphic Quartz Sandstone)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate / Apatite fossil)
Bituminous Coal (with Anthracite or Vitrinite inclusion)
Organic-rich Sedimentary Rock (Carboniferous classification)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone (Quartz-rich Arenite / SiO2)
Limestone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Tumbled chalcedony (likely blue-gray agate)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony/agate variety
Pearl
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Conchiolin