Quartz / Quartzite Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Quartz / Quartzite Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gold Mineral
Native Gold (Au)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Biotite Mica
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Gneiss or Greenschist
Chlorite/Actinolite Gneiss or Schist
Black Spinel
Magnesium Aluminum Oxide (MgAl2O4)
Gravel / Small Pebble
Rock Fragment (Gravel)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Geode (Unopened)
Quartz/Chalcedony concretion
Pyrite (on Quartz/Host Rock)
Iron Sulfide (FeS₂)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Gold
Native gold (Au)
Coarse Sand or Fine Gravel
Detrital Sedimentary Fragments (mostly SiO2)
Yellow Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
River Pebble (Gneiss or Quartzite mixture)
Metamorphic rock (Commonly Gneissic)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Blue Sapphire (in a faceted jewelry setting)
Corundum (Al2O3) with trace Iron and Titanium
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Red Garnet
Pyrope or Almandine (Silicate group, X3Y2(SiO4)3)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mica
Mica group (often Muscovite or Biotite)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with iron impurities)
Smoky Quartz Cluster
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Water and Silt (Sedimentary Environment)
Suspended Sediment / H2O (dihydrogen monoxide)
Bronzite
Enstatite (magnesium iron silicate), (Mg,Fe2+)SiO3
Black Tourmaline (Schorl)
Schorl (Sodium iron silicate hydroxide boron silicate); NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Quartz / Quartz Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Mica (Muscovite or Biotite)
Sheet silicate mineral group (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
Schist
Schist (Crystalline Metamorphic Rock)
Chalcedony (Grey/White Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
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
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Ruby / Pink Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium impurities)
Greenstone (Greenschist facies)
Greenschist (composed primarily of Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
River Pebble
Weathered Rock Fragment