Likely polished/tumbled quartz-rich specimen
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), possibly an agate or chalcedony variety
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Likely polished/tumbled quartz-rich specimen
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), possibly an agate or chalcedony variety
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (Quartz, Feldspar, Mica)
Native Silver
Silver (Ag)
Weathered porphyritic volcanic rock
Likely porphyritic andesite or dacite, with plagioclase phenocrysts in a fine-grained volcanic groundmass
Chert (Chert Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Iron-rich slag or limonite-bearing rock
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly limonite/goethite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O); possibly industrial iron slag
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pale green tumbled mineral fragment, likely serpentine or green calcite
Probable serpentine-group mineral (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4) or, less likely, calcite (CaCO3); identification is uncertain from the photograph
Polished pink feldspar pebble
Orthoclase or microcline feldspar, KAlSi₃O₈; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Amethyst (Tumbled Cabinet Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Citrine Geode (or Druzy Citrine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂) - a variety of Quartz
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz Vein Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite with Quartz Vein (SiO2)
Quartz-bearing iron-rich rock, possibly quartzite or hydrothermal breccia
Quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides, likely limonite/goethite; exact host rock is uncertain from the photograph
Tumbled amethyst
Amethyst, purple quartz (SiO₂), colored by trace iron and irradiation
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Chert (v. Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Fulgarite
Fulgurite (Lechatelierite / Vitrified Sand)
Tumbled brown stone, likely smoky quartz or brown jasper
Probable smoky quartz (SiO₂) or iron-rich jasper (microcrystalline SiO₂); image alone is insufficient for certainty
Tumbled white quartz or quartzite pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly massive quartzite
Translucent agate/chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony with agate-like banding
Tumbled blue stone, likely blue aventurine or dyed quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with inclusions or artificial dye; exact identification requires testing
Agate (or Chalcedony)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz
Quartz-rich rock, possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), potentially quartzite if the grainy texture is rock-wide
Indochinite Tektite
Tektite (high-silica impact glass)
Chert (Green Chert or Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (likely milky quartz or a stained variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Tumbled carnelian agate (probable)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony variety colored by iron oxides
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic glass with Spherulite inclusions (SiO2)
Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock (often Granite or Schist)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within host matrix
Granite pebble
Coarse-grained felsic intrusive igneous rock; mainly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and minor biotite or amphibole
Tumbled orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; carnelian is orange-red chalcedony colored mainly by iron oxides
Carnelian (red chalcedony)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), iron-oxide colored variety
Rounded quartz-rich river pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely derived from quartzite or granitic rock
Chert Pebble (Jasperoid/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - cryptocrystalline quartz
Brown quartz-rich stone, possibly smoky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), potentially in a quartzite or silica-rich matrix
Polished black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass), primarily silica-rich rhyolitic composition
Orbicular rhyolite (likely)
Rhyolite, a silica-rich volcanic rock; commonly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and iron-rich alteration minerals
Sandstone
Sandstone (lithified arenite/wacke)