Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Quartz (SiO2) with included minerals (Fuchsite or Chlorite for green color)
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Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Quartz (SiO2) with included minerals (Fuchsite or Chlorite for green color)
Baroque Pearl (and potentially a small Sapphire/Blue Topaz)
Pearl: Calcium Carbonate (aragonite or calcite) with conchiolin. Sapphire: Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3). Blue Topaz: Al2SiO4(F,OH)2.
Green Aventurine and Clear Quartz
Green Aventurine (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions); Clear Quartz (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.
Rutilated Quartz (likely Citrine or Smoky Quartz with Rutile inclusions)
SiO2 with TiO2 inclusions (Quartz with Rutile)
Mixed Chalcedony and Jasper Bracelet (possibly 'Ocean Jasper' or similar banded variety for brown beads, and blue/grey Chalcedony for the translucent beads)
Chalcedony (SiO2), Jasper (SiO2 with impurities)
Mixed Quartz and River Pebbles (Stone Collection)
Mixed assortment containing mainly Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonitic Gossan
Goethite/Limonite aggregate after sulfide
Mixed Tumbled Gemstones and River Rocks
Mixed Decorative Stones (predominantly Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 variants)
Mica (specimen appears to be Muscovite or Phlogopite)
Phyllosilicate mineral; Muscovite: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Calcite (or Alabaster, if truly carved)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pet Rock (Man-made Quartzite or Granite Cobble)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) mixture; commonly composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica
Pyrite (locally known as Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Group), Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Zoisite with Ruby (Anyolite)
Zoisite – Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) with inclusions of Ruby (Al2O3:Cr)
Biotite or Phlogopite Mica
K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Magnetite
Iron(II,III) oxide (Fe3O4)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Epidote
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rhodonite, Gray Moonstone, and White Feldspar Mix
Multiple: MnSiO3 (Rhodonite), (K,Na)AlSi3O8 (Feldspar/Moonstone)
Ruby (Corundum)
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
Milky Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Iron(II,III) oxide, Fe3O4)
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Magnetite (Small Granule)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Venetian Gold Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Magnetite (Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Magnetite Orthorthotropic Rock
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chromium-rich Fuchsite mica
Natural Gemstone Cabochons (Ruby, Moonstone, Emerald, Citrine)
Ruby (Al2O3:Cr), Moonstone (KAlSi3O8), Emerald (Be3Al2(SiO3)6:Cr), Citrine (SiO2)
Garnet (Almandine/Pyrope series)
Silicate mineral (Almandine: Fe3Al2Si3O12; Pyrope: Mg3Al2Si3O12)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartz with Muscovite Mica
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)