Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Category
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Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (with potentially metamorphic or basaltic bands)
Arenite / Lithic Wacke
Slate River Stone
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (composed of illite, chlorite, and quartz)
River Pebble (Gneiss or Quartzite)
Metamorphic rock specimen (likely Gneiss or impure Quartzite)
Green Quartzite (River Stone)
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions (typically Fuchsite or Chlorite)
Green Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2) with Chromium-rich inclusions (Fuchsite)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (primarily clay minerals and micas)
River Pebble (Gneiss or Quartzite variant)
Course-grained Metamorphic Rock (likely SiO2 dominant)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-based sedimentary-derived metamorphic rock)
Lapis Lazuli (Raw)
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock; Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S
Slate with Pyrite Inclusions
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (with Iron Sulfide FE-S2)
Slate with Quartz Vein
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Mainly Quartz, Muscovite, Chlorite)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Fuchsite Schist
Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) in Schist
Yellow Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Quartzite Cobble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Red Quartzite River Stone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Yellow Aventurine (or Citrine-colored Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Quartzite with Chert inclusions
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Black Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5) with carbonaceous inclusions
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Marble
Metamorphosed Limestone (calcite formulation CaCO3)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Composition typically contains Muscovite: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 or Biotite: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 along with Quartz and Feldspar)
Greywacke (Briarcliff Schist/Gneiss)
Manhattan Schist / Fordham Gneiss complex
Staurolite (Cross Stone)
Staurolite (Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH))
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2)
Porcelain (White Ceramic)
Mullite-bearing Vitrified Ceramic (Major phases: Mullite Al6Si2O13, Glassy Silica SiO2)
White Jade (Mutton Fat Jade / Nephrite)
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Quartzite with Milky Quartz Vein
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Mica Schist
Schist (Biotite/Muscovite dominant)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphosed Sandstone (mainly SiO2)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)