Blue Quartzite (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
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Blue Quartzite (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Complex Silicate Rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Schist (Diamond Drill Core)
Mica Schist
Schist
Crystalline Schist (often containing Muscovite, Biotte, or Quartz)
White Marble (Industrial/Architectural)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite / Dolomite (CaCO3)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Blue Quartzite (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Green Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Garnetiferous Micaceous Schist
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Beach Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
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)
Labradorite
Labradorite (a calcium-enriched sodic plagioclase feldspar mineral - (Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8)
Sandstone (with potentially metamorphic or basaltic bands)
Arenite / Lithic Wacke
Granite (Orthoclase rich)
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz and Potassium Feldspar KAlSi3O8)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions (Quartzite)
Ruby in Fuchsite (often sold as Ruby in Zoisite)
Corundum (Al2O3) in Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Dragon Blood Jasper (Epidote with Piedmontite or Quartz)
Epidote-rich Quartzite / SiO2 with (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH))
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)
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)
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate - Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Pink Jade (Dyed Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - primarily Quartzite or Quartz