Quartz / Quartzite Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Quartz / Quartzite Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gold Mineral
Native Gold (Au)
Biotite Mica
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Pyrite
Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Pyrite (on Quartz/Host Rock)
Iron Sulfide (FeS₂)
Black Spinel
Magnesium Aluminum Oxide (MgAl2O4)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Sapphire (in a faceted jewelry setting)
Corundum (Al2O3) with trace Iron and Titanium
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with iron impurities)
Smoky Quartz Cluster
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Garnet
Pyrope or Almandine (Silicate group, X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Water and Silt (Sedimentary Environment)
Suspended Sediment / H2O (dihydrogen monoxide)
Black Tourmaline (Schorl)
Schorl (Sodium iron silicate hydroxide boron silicate); NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Chalcedony (Grey/White Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
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.
Iolite (Cordierite)
Cordierite (Magnesium Aluminum Silicate), Mg2Al4Si5O18
Quartz / Quartz Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Shungite
Non-crystalline carbon (allotrope of carbon)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Rough Gemstone Grains (Mixed Sapphires and Quartz)
Corundum (Al2O3) and Quartz (SiO2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Kyanite (in Schist Matrix)
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Green Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Greenstone (Greenschist facies)
Greenschist (composed primarily of Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Graphite
Graphite (C)
Labradorite
Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8(Al6Si6O24)S2 (Lazurite is the primary constituent mineral)
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Mixed Gemstone Collection
SiO2 (Quartz varieties) and Biogenic CaCO3 (Nacre)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Native Gold (in the form of jewelry)
Gold (Au)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon based)