Greenstone Pebble
Metabasalt (often containing chlorite, actinolite, or epidote)
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Greenstone Pebble
Metabasalt (often containing chlorite, actinolite, or epidote)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 (Tremolite-Actinolite series)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (Schistose)
Gneiss
Greenstone / Nephrite Jade
Tremolite-actinolite series (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Ruby Zoisite
Anyolite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) + Al2O3:Cr)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Greenschist
Chlorite schist (Metamorphic rock dominated by chlorite, epidote, and actinolite)
Greenstone (Metabaltic/Greenschist)
Chlorite schist / Meta-basalt
Greenstone
Metabasalt (composed mainly of chlorite, epidote, and actinolite)
Greenstone
Metabasalt / Greenschist
Greenschist / Basalt Beach Pebble
Metabasalt / Chlorite Schist
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (Complex silicate rock containing Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Fuchsite Schist with Quartz
Chromian Muscovite [K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2] Schist
Gneiss
Gneiss
Biotite Schist
Biotite-bearing Schist (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Greenstone
Metabasalt (often contains Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Granite Gneiss
Granitic Gneiss
Nuummite
Nuummite (mixture of Anthophyllite and Gedrite)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Greenstone
Metabasalt / Chlorite-Epidote Schist
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (Cobble)
Gneiss
Quartz-veined Gneiss
Gneiss with Quartz (SiO2) intrusions
Greenstone
Greenschist / Meta-basalt
Gneiss (specifically Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade, predominantly SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8(Al6Si6O24)S2 (Lazurite is the primary constituent mineral)
Schist
Mica Schist
Greenstone (Epidote/Chlorite Schist)
Metabasalt (composed primarily of Epidote Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) and Chlorite (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·(Mg,Fe)3(OH)6)
Glacial Cobble (likely Granitic or Gneissic)
Granite/Gneiss Glacial Erratic
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile; (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
River Stone (Granitic Gneiss)
Foliated Granitic Gneiss
Likely quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or quartz-rich rock
Black Granite
Phaneritic Mafic Igneous Rock (likely Gabbronorite or Dolerite)
Quartz in Matrix (or Quartz Vein Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
Greenstone with Epidote or Quartz Vein
Epidiorite or Metabasalt (composed largely of Chlorite, Epidote, and Amphibole)
Quartz–mica metamorphic rock, likely schist
Quartz–muscovite/biotite schist; predominantly SiO₂ quartz with phyllosilicate micas