Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
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Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Yellow Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz in Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite (Green Fluorite)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities)
Peacock Ore (Chalcopyrite)
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Blue Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Clear Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Orbicular Rhyolite (Rainforest Jasper)
Rhyolite containing Spherulites (SiO2 with impurities)
Leopard Skin Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Bumblebee Jasper
Calcite with Arsenic and Manganese oxides (technically a volcanic rock)
Greenstone / Diabase Porphyry
Porphyritic Diabase (Micro-gabbro)
Greenstone / Glauconitic Siltstone
Metabasalt or Glauconite-rich Sedimentary Rock
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Sedimentary or Igneous Matrix
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Bloodstone (Heliotrope)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Chlorite or Actinolite
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
White Agate (Chalcedony)
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Carnelian
Carnelian (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet (Almandine/Pyrope variety)
Silicate mineral group; typically Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 (Almandine) or Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 (Pyrope)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Biotite Mica
K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(F, OH)2
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz (Milky/Smoky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite (likely with weathered Limonite/Hematite)
Magnetite (Fe3O4) with iron oxide weathering
Rhodolite Garnet
Magnesium Aluminum Silicate; formula: (Mg,Fe)3Al2(SiO4)3
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)