Soapstone / Steatite
Steatite (primarily Talc, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Category
Igneous Or Metamorphic
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Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
mineral
Sunstone
Oligoclase (Plagioclase Feldspar subclass), (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8
mineral
Red Garnet (Pyrope or Almandine)
Garnet Group (A3B2(SiO4)3)
mineral
Quartz (Smoky/Grey variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Garnet (Pyrope-Almandine series)
Garnet Group, (Mg,Fe)3Al2Si3O12
mineral
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Clear Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Rutilated Quartz (with Garnet pendant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) inclusions
mineral
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Bornite
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
mineral
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Uncertain
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
mineral
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz (Milky or White Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Pyrite in Matrix (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Bornite (Peacock Ore)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
mineral
Sodalite
Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
mineral
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
mineral
Muscovite on Quartz (Mica host rock)
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 (Muscovite) in SiO2 (Quartz)
igneous/metamorphic
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
mineral
Sodalite
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
mineral
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Pyrite (locally known as Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Gold Mineral
Native Gold (Au)
mineral
Quartz (Milky/Common Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
mineral
Ruby (set in a gold pendant)
Ruby (Variety of Corundum, Al2O3)
mineral
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
metamorphic
Epidote (with Quartz and Feldspar)
Epidote (unakalite/unite), Ca2(Al2Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
metamorphic
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
metamorphic
Anyolite (Ruby in Zoisite)
Zoisite with inclusions of Hornblende and Ruby (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH))
metamorphic
Granitic Pegmatite
Granitic Pegmatite (principally Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, and Mica)
igneous
Sodalite
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
mineral
Garnet
Garnet Group (often Pyrope or Almandine); X3Y2(SiO4)3
mineral