Green fluorite rough specimen
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)
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Green fluorite rough specimen
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)
Green tourmaline (verdite-like rough)
Likely elbaite, Na(Li₁.₅Al₁.₅)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₄; identification from the photo is tentative
Clear quartz crystal fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz Sand Grain / Micro Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Raw quartz crystal (likely smoky or iron-stained quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Clear Quartz (Crystal Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled amethyst
Quartz, purple variety; silicon dioxide (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron impurities and irradiation
Iron-stained quartz crystal cluster
Quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained; exact variety uncertain
Quartz Crystal on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Druze (on Matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black tourmaline (schorl) in matrix
Schorl, NaFe₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Polished rose quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), pink variety
Tumbled sodalite
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂
Smoky quartz crystal (probable)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely iron-colored smoky quartz
Obsidian
Obsidian
Amethyst
Amethyst (Varietal of Quartz), SiO2 with traces of Iron (Fe3+)
Botryoidal calcite specimen
Calcite, CaCO₃, with possible dolomite or other carbonate matrix
Fluorescent calcite (probable)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Garnet crystals
Garnet-group silicates, likely almandine (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Tumbled smoky quartz, possibly morion
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely radiation-darkened smoky quartz
Smoky quartz crystal
Quartz (SiO₂), likely smoky quartz
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Dyed Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Quartz Crystal Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black tourmaline (schorl)
Schorl, NaFe₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Likely quartz crystal with iron-oxide staining
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly included or coated with limonite/goethite
Green and purple fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished amethyst crystal point
Amethyst, purple quartz (SiO₂)
Black tourmaline (schorl) crystal fragments
Schorl, NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky/included quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz (Smoky/Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange-yellow calcite crystal
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely honey/orange calcite
Quartz Crystal Cluster on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled yellow chalcedony (possibly citrine or pale agate)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂); exact variety cannot be confirmed visually
Likely banded chert (flint) fragment
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; visual identification is uncertain from the image alone
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opal or quartz-rich chalcedony)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; identification is uncertain from the photo