Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green glassy cabochon, likely dyed or synthetic material
Uncertain; possibly green obsidian, chrysoprase, or synthetic glass
Granite (Pegmatitic)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Quartz (Crystal/Druzy Quartz)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Chert (specifically White Chert or Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dumortierite in Quartz
Dumortierite (Al6O3(BO3)(SiO4)3) with Quartz (SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
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
Brown Jasper / River Siltstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Rounded pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or chert
Indeterminate lithic clast; possibly quartz arenite or microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Mixed river-worn rock and mineral collection
Mostly quartz/quartzite, feldspar-bearing granitoid, chert, and mafic volcanic rocks; exact species vary by pebble
Pallasite Meteorite
Pallasite (Stony-Iron Meteorite)
Pearl (with Peridot)
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) + Conchiolin; Peridot: Magnesium iron silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Schist
N/A (a rock type, not a mineral formula)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Diamond (Faceted)
Carbon (C)
Raw Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond (in jewelry setting)
Adamantine Carbon (C)
Gneiss
Gneiss (a rock type, not a specific mineral with a formula)
Likely polished leopard-skin jasper or brecciated jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions; exact variety cannot be confirmed from the image alone
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz (Milky or Cloudy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
C (Native Carbon)
Diamond
Natural Diamond (Carbon, C)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Crazy Lace Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Geode/Cluster
Quartz (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (a common term for a felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Sandstone
Arenite
Swirled Agate Bead
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (general term for sandstone)
White seed-bead gemstone strand, likely freshwater pearl or shell pearl
Pearl: nacreous calcium carbonate, chiefly aragonite (CaCO₃) in conchiolin; identification uncertain from image
Diamond (Cut Gemstone)
Natural Carbon (C)
Diamond (as set in a metal alloy ring)
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Orthoclase Feldspar (or K-Feldspar)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Quartz Geode/Druzy Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz (likely milky/gray variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Rhodonite beads (possibly dyed or treated, or lower quality Rhodonite)
Manganese inosilicate, (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3