Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rough Diamond
Diamond (pure carbon, C)
Sandstone Flagstone
Arenite (SiO2 with various cementing agents)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily quartz arenite)
Weathered greenstone (likely serpentinite or altered basalt)
Serpentinite-group rock, commonly dominated by serpentine minerals (antigorite/lizardite); exact identification requires testing
Sandstone
Arenite (a specific type of sandstone with less than 15% matrix)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (with Hematite/Limonite cement)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Nut-stone / Cup-stone artifact)
Quartz Arenite / Worked Sedimentary Rock
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Arenite)
Diamond
C (Carbon)
Sandstone
Arenite
Green Aventurine
Aventurine (a variety of Quartz, SiO2 with fuchsite inclusions)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (Quartz arenite / Arkose)
Turquoise cabochon
Turquoise — hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (composed mainly of SiO2)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-based metamorphic rock)
Red Shale
Lutite (primarily composed of Hydrous Aluminum Silicates with Hematite staining)
Fossil Coral
Phylum Cnidaria / Rugosa or Tabulata
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red Jasper
Red Jasper (variety of Chalcedony, SiO₂)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Tumbled serpentine
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Granite
Granite
Chert (Yellow/Brown variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Silver (Native or Alloyed)
Ag (Argentum)
Chert (Fossiliferous)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Milky quartz with dark host-rock inclusions
Quartz (SiO₂), likely in a granitic or metamorphic matrix
Likely iron-rich slag or weathered ironstone
Hematite–goethite-rich material (Fe₂O₃/FeO(OH)); possibly industrial iron slag
Sandstone (Weathered)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Iron-stained milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), mainly massive or vein quartz, with reddish-brown iron-oxide staining and possible minor feldspar or other vein minerals
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeO(OH) cementing agents)
Raw calcite specimen
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with various mineral cements)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tumbled green-brown stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), commonly with magnetite