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Purple Dyed Agate Geode (Banded Chalcedony) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety: Agate) — mineral

Purple Dyed Agate Geode (Banded Chalcedony)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety: Agate

Quartz / Common Opal Transition (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz / Common Opal Transition

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment) (Elasmobranchii fossil (likely Cretalamna or Squalicorax genus)) — sedimentary

Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)

Elasmobranchii fossil (likely Cretalamna or Squalicorax genus)

Muscovite Mica (Muscovite (Potassium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride), KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2) — mineral

Muscovite Mica

Muscovite (Potassium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride), KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2

Quartz (Milky/Iron-stained) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz (Milky/Iron-stained)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Gneiss (with Mica and Quartz) (Gneissic Metamorphic Rock) — metamorphic

Gneiss (with Mica and Quartz)

Gneissic Metamorphic Rock

Basalt (Stream-worn Cobble) (Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene)) — igneous

Basalt (Stream-worn Cobble)

Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene)

River Quartzite Pebble (Quartzite (SiO2)) — metamorphic

River Quartzite Pebble

Quartzite (SiO2)

Muscovite Mica (in Quartz matrix) (Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)) — mineral

Muscovite Mica (in Quartz matrix)

Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)

Jasper (Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities) — sedimentary

Jasper

Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities

Chert (Jasper variation) (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper variation)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

White Quartz Pebble (Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — mineral

White Quartz Pebble

Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Granite Pebble (Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock)) — igneous

Granite Pebble

Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock)

Granite (Granite (High-silica plutonic rock)) — Igneous

Granite

Granite (High-silica plutonic rock)

Quartz (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Quartzite Pebble) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Quartzite Pebble)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Blue Chalcedony (Blue Lace Agate variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)) — mineral

Blue Chalcedony (Blue Lace Agate variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)

Agate (Silicon dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Agate

Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Quartz (Pink/Orange Variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz (Pink/Orange Variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chalcedony (Botryoidal/Tumbled Agate) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Chalcedony (Botryoidal/Tumbled Agate)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Quartz Pebble (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Quartz Pebble

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Quartz (Milky or Iron-stained) (Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — mineral

Quartz (Milky or Iron-stained)

Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Jasper (Silicon dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Jasper

Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Sandstone (Water-worn Pebble) (Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)) — sedimentary

Sandstone (Water-worn Pebble)

Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)

Granite (Phaneritic Igneous Rock) (Granite) — igneous

Granite (Phaneritic Igneous Rock)

Granite

Diorite (River Cobble) (Intermediate plutonic igneous rock) — igneous

Diorite (River Cobble)

Intermediate plutonic igneous rock

Chalcedony (Smoky Quartz or Agate nodule fragment) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Chalcedony (Smoky Quartz or Agate nodule fragment)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Agate (Carnelian-like) (Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)) — mineral

Agate (Carnelian-like)

Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Quartzite (Quartzite (primarily SiO2)) — metamorphic

Quartzite

Quartzite (primarily SiO2)

Quartzite (Quartzite (primarily SiO2)) — metamorphic

Quartzite

Quartzite (primarily SiO2)

Chalcedony Geode Fragment (Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)) — mineral

Chalcedony Geode Fragment

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Pink Granite (Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock) — igneous

Pink Granite

Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock

Magnetite (Magnetite (Fe3O4)) — mineral

Magnetite

Magnetite (Fe3O4)

Blue Lace Agate (Heat-treated/Crackle Quartz variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — mineral

Blue Lace Agate (Heat-treated/Crackle Quartz variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony variety) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony variety)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Banded Calcite (Mexican Onyx) (Calcite (CaCO3)) — mineral

Banded Calcite (Mexican Onyx)

Calcite (CaCO3)

Quartzite (Quartzite (primarily SiO2)) — metamorphic

Quartzite

Quartzite (primarily SiO2)

Green Fluorite (likely synthetic or heat-treated for jewelry) (Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)) — mineral

Green Fluorite (likely synthetic or heat-treated for jewelry)

Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)

Sandstone (with Iron Staining) (Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)) — sedimentary

Sandstone (with Iron Staining)

Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)

Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper-Chert) (Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)) — sedimentary

Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper-Chert)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Foliated Gneiss (River-Worn Pebble) (Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)) — metamorphic

Foliated Gneiss (River-Worn Pebble)

Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)

Quartz (Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)) — Mineral

Quartz

Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)