Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
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Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Granite
Intrusive Felsic Igneous Rock
Prehnite
Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Blue Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions
Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with inclusions of Goethite/Limonite)
Diorite (Salt and Pepper Rock)
Diorite
Sandstone
Arenite
Likely botryoidal malachite or chrysocolla specimen
Malachite, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; possibly chrysocolla, hydrated copper silicate
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Quartz (Inclusion-rich Quartzite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with Iron Oxide / Hematite inclusions
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Green Aventurine
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Fancy Jasper (Bloodstone variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orthoceras fossil in limestone
Orthoceras regulare (extinct nautiloid cephalopod)
Rose Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Rough Green QuartzITE / Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 + Cr-muscovite inclusions)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide / Hematite cementation)
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety of Chalcedony
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (primarily SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Granite
Granite (Mainly Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron hydroxides (Goethite or Limonite)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Soapstone
Steatite (Hydrated magnesium silicate)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (high iron oxide content)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide pigmentation)
Mahogany Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass with Hematite inclusions)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Unakite
Granitic Unakite (Alteration rock composed of pink orthoclase feldspar, green epidote, and clear quartz)
Leopardite
Quartz porphyry / Quartz monzonite with manganese oxide spots