Chalk
Carbonate rock (mainly CaCO3)
Category
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Chalk
Carbonate rock (mainly CaCO3)
Diamond (in Jewelry)
Carbon (C)
Pearl
Aragonite / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 composition dominant)
Red gemstone ring, likely garnet or synthetic ruby
Possibly almandine garnet (Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃) or corundum/ruby (Al₂O₃); image alone cannot distinguish
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Chalk
Micrite (primarily Calcium Carbonate or CaCO3)
Pearl
Organic gemstone (Calcium carbonate - CaCO3)
Chert (variations include Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2, often with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Diamond
Diamond (pure carbon C)
Red Quartzite
Quartzite (Metamorphosed Quartz Arenite)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz Rock (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Sandstone (SiO2 dominated)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Coal (Bituminous Coal)
Caustobiolith / Sedimentary Rock
Vesicular volcanic rock, likely weathered pumice or scoria
Pumice/scoria; predominantly volcanic glass and feldspar, with possible iron oxides
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite
Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Chert (varietal: Flint/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Shell in Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C) or Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C) or Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Diamond in Kimberlite
Diamond in Kimberlite Matrix (Diamond: C, Kimberlite: complex Potassic Peridotite)
Basalt
Basalt