Orange Calcite with Siderite/Iron Oxide Coating
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
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Orange Calcite with Siderite/Iron Oxide Coating
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Picture Jasper
SiO2
Snowflake Obsidian
Spherulitic Volcanic Glass (primarily SiO2 with Cristobalite inclusions)
Amber
Succinite (approximate formula C10H16O)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with aluminum impurities
Blue Quartz (Blue Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions (typically crocidolite or dumortierite)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with traces of titanium, iron, or manganese
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Smoky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Rose Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with traces of titanium, manganese, or iron
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace Titanium and Iron)
Selenite (Gypsum)
Hydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O)
Sulfur (in host rock)
Native Sulfur (S8)
Agate with Druzy Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive rock)
Peridotite (with Olivine and Pyroxene)
Ultramafic Magmatic Rock (Primary minerals: (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 and (Ca, Mg, Fe)2Si2O6)
Granite Cobble
Phaneritic plutonic rock (dominated by Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Garnet-Mica Schist
Schist (variety with Almandine Garnet, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Basalt
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock
Rhyolite (Porphyritic)
Rhyolite (Felsic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Porphyritic Basalt (Chinese Writing Stone/Flower Stone)
Porphyritic Basalt (primarily Plagioclase Feldspar in a Mafic groundmass)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite Pebble
Granite (High-silica plutonic rock)
Porphyritic Basalt
Porphyritic Basalt (with Plagioclase phenocrysts)
Tourmalinated Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Schorl (NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH)
Flowerstone (Porphyry)
Porphyritic Andesite or Basalt
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold) in Matrix
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Amethyst Geode/Cluster
Quartz (SiO2) - variety Amethyst
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Tree Agate (or Moss Agate), faceted into a crystal tower
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)