Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
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Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Greenstone
Metabasalt
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered brown stone, possibly basalt or iron-rich sedimentary rock
Indeterminate from photograph; likely fine-grained mafic rock (basalt) or ferruginous sandstone
Labradorite (a variety of Feldspar)
Labradorite; (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 (a plagioclase feldspar)
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt (potential Glacial Erratic)
Extrusive Mafic Volcanic Rock (Basalt)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline rhyolite
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Weathered limestone or calcitic cave deposit
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely porous limestone/travertine
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sand Grain (Silica/Quartz Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Pebble (Basalt / Chert)
SiO2 (if Chert) or Mafic Igneous Rock (if Basalt)
Weathered chert or silicified limestone nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly replacing limestone; exact identification requires testing
River Stone (River Pebble)
River Stone (Composition: primarily Quartzite, Chalcedony, and silicate minerals)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly basalt or ironstone
Uncertain; likely weathered basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene) or hematite/goethite-bearing ironstone
Vein-filled Porphyry or Brecciated Jasper Pebble
Brecciated volcanic rock with quartz/calcite veins
Vesicular Basalt with Epidote/Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 + Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Orbicular Rhyolite (Rainforest Jasper)
Rhyolite containing Spherulites (SiO2 with impurities)
Dalmatian Jasper (Dalmatian Stone)
Dalmatian Stone (primarily Feldspar, Quartz, and Arfvedsonite/Tourmaline)
Quartz (Water-worn Pebbles)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Sedimentary or Igneous host
Granite
Granite
Small rounded pebble, likely quartz-rich river stone
Indeterminate; likely quartz/chert-bearing lithic clast
Quartz Sand / Sandstone grains
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron inclusions
River Agate (Chert/Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt River Stone
Basalt
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper with Epidote
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Aluminum Iron Silicate Hydrate
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Rocks (Basalt and Sedimentary Stones)
Mafic Igneous Rock (Basalt) and Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mixed River Pebbles (including Unakite and Jasper)
Polymineralic geological specimens
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)