Chert with Asphaltum (or Tar)
Silica (SiO2) with natural Bitumen/Asphaltum
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Chert with Asphaltum (or Tar)
Silica (SiO2) with natural Bitumen/Asphaltum
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Unidentified Rock Fragment
Unknown
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with various mineral cements)
Amethyst
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 + Fe)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with trace Fe2O3)
Sandstone (likely a river or beach pebble)
Sandstone (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Ruby in Zoisite
Ruby (Corundum, Al2O3) in Zoisite (Calcium aluminum silicate hydroxide, Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)) with some Hornblende
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Coal
Bituminous or Anthracite coal (carbon-rich sedimentary rock)
Veined Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Blue Chalcedony and Picture Jasper Beads
Blue Chalcedony (SiO2), Picture Jasper (SiO2)
Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Bituminous Coal
Organic sedimentary rock (humic coal)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock (Gabbro or Basalt)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Mafic Silicates
Seraphinite
Clinochlore (a variety of the chlorite group)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pink Quartzite
Silica (SiO2) - Metamorphic rock
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Collection of Minerals and Ores
Various (e.g., Uraninite (U3O8), Carbon (C), Native Gold (Au), Hematite (Fe2O3), Galena (PbS), etc.)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
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Quartz (beads)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Snowflake Obsidian
Obsidian with Cristobalite inclusions (70–75% SiO2)
Porphyritic Basalt (or Andesite) Pebble
Porphyritic Mafic Volcanic Rock
Red Jasper (Opaque Chalcedony)
Jasper / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Iron inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (lithified sand)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities, SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Quartz (Milky/Bull Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron inclusions
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (mostly Aragonite), CaCO3 (with conchiolin)
Bituminous Coal (with Anthracite or Vitrinite inclusion)
Organic-rich Sedimentary Rock (Carboniferous classification)
Bituminous Coal
Bituminous coal (Organic Sedimentary Rock)
Granite
Granite (a common rock type, not a single mineral species)