Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate/Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite Schist
Muscovite Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartz on Schist
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Garnet-bearing Schist
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) in Mica Schist
Quartz with Mica (likely Muscovite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and/or Biotite composition)
Banded Slate (Lithified Mudstone)
Low-grade Metamorphosed Mudstone / Slate
Mica Schist
Mica Schist
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Diamond Drill Core (Greenschist and Quartzite)
Chlorite Schist / Meta-quartzite (Metamorphic Rock Core Sample)
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Garnet (specifically Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chrysocolla
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate, Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·n(H2O)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite on Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine (Yellow Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine/Lemon Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Quartz with Dumortierite/Magnesio-riebeckite inclusions
Quartz (SiO2) containing Dumortierite (Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Sea Glass-like Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Dalmatian Stone (commonly called Dalmatian Jasper)
Peralkaline Rock (mixed Feldspar, Quartz, and Arfvedsonite)
Black Star Diopside
Diopside (CaMgSi2O6) with asterism
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Orange Quartzite (Tumbled)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Blue Quartz (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Crocidolite or Magnesio-riebeckite inclusions
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon based fossil fuel)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)