Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Agate
Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Granite Pebble
Granite (Felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Quartzite Pebble (River Pebble)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt Pebble
Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock
Quartz (likely a weathered/tumbled piece)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Possible shale or slate fragment
Fine-grained clay-rich rock; possibly slate (low-grade metamorphosed shale)
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble / Quartzite Rock
Metamorphic Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz (Smoky/Milky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4)
Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite
River Stone (likely Quartzite or Sandstone)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock (SiO2)
Quartzite / Sandstone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished dark mineral fragments, likely hematite or magnetite
Hematite (Fe₂O₃) or magnetite (Fe₃O₄)
White Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Corundum (Sapphire variant)
Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Smoky/Milky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite
Quartzite (predominantly SiO₂), tentative identification
Tumbled garnet-bearing metamorphic rock (probable garnet schist)
Garnet schist; chiefly quartz, mica, feldspar, and almandine garnet (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Red-and-gray granitic gneiss
Gneiss, composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica with iron-oxide staining
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Common Opal
SiO2·nH2O (Hydrated Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz (Amethyst variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hypersthene
Enstatite (Hypersthene variety), (Mg,Fe)SiO3
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)