Rounded gray stone, likely slate or fine-grained sandstone
Probable slate (low-grade metamorphosed shale) or lithic sandstone; exact identification requires testing
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Rounded gray stone, likely slate or fine-grained sandstone
Probable slate (low-grade metamorphosed shale) or lithic sandstone; exact identification requires testing
Bauxite
Aluminum ore / Hydrated aluminum oxides
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete (Anthropic Rock)
White quartz geode nodule
Quartz (SiO₂), likely a quartz-lined geode or vug in a host rock
Granite (with mafic xenolith)
Phaneritic Felsic Plutonic Rock
Polished brecciated jasper pendant
Silica-rich jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), brecciated and cemented by silica or iron-rich material
Diorite
Diorite
Milky quartz-bearing rock, possibly quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), likely in a quartzite or quartz-rich vein
Chalcedony (Agate/Jasper mix)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Agate mix)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished ruby-in-zoisite sphere (anyolite)
Ruby-bearing zoisite, commonly called anyolite; zoisite Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH) with corundum ruby Al₂O₃
Asphalt Conglomerate
Artificial Bituminous Conglomerate
Chakra Crystal Bracelet
Mixed Mineral Assortment
Yellow-orange quartz/chalcedony pebble (possibly citrine-bearing)
Quartz, SiO₂; likely microcrystalline chalcedony with iron staining
Diorite
Diorite
Unakite (or Polished Jasper Pebble)
Altered Granite (Epidote-Orthoclase Rock)
Diorite
Intermediate plutonic igneous rock
Pumice
Pumice (a highly vesicular extrusive igneous rock, primarily amorphous silica)
Diorite
Phaneritic intermediate plutonic rock
Magnetite (Lodestone variety)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Crushed Limestone
Calcite-rich Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Rhyolite pebble (likely flow-banded rhyolite)
Rhyolite; fine-grained, silica-rich volcanic rock, typically quartz and alkali feldspar
Bumblebee Jasper
Calcite-Auripigment-Pyrite-Realgar assemblage (Carbonate/Sulphide mixture)
Diorite with Quartz Vein
Intermediate plutonic igneous rock (Diorite / Metagabbro with SiO2 quartz alteration)
Shiva Lingam
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Jasper/Chalcedony) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (and Quartzite)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished Mookaite Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with various silicate clasts)
Granite (likely biotite-bearing granite)
Coarse-grained felsic intrusive rock, mainly quartz, feldspar, and dark biotite or amphibole
Chert (Jasper/Chalcedony mix)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous aggregate
Schist with Biotite and Quartz
Biotite-Quartz Schist (Fe,Mg,Al silicate mix)
Rounded greenstone (likely serpentinite or chlorite-rich metamorphic rock)
Serpentinite/chlorite-actinolite schist; composition commonly dominated by serpentine-group minerals, chlorite, actinolite, magnetite, and minor iron oxides
Mixed collection of natural stones
Several unidentified lithologies, likely including basalt, granite, quartzite, sandstone, and weathered metamorphic rocks
Mahogany Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (predominantly SiO2 with Hematite/Magnetite inclusions)
Chert (Common Opal/Jasper mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chert (Common Opal/Quartz mix)
Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diorite
Plutonic Igneous Rock (Intermediate Composition)
Asphalt aggregate (crushed stone in bitumen)
Artificial composite; predominantly crushed granite, basalt, limestone, and/or recycled aggregate bound by bitumen
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement fragment)
Artificial conglomerate / Bitumen-Aggregate mixture