Shungite
Non-crystalline carbon (allotrope of carbon)
Category
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Shungite
Non-crystalline carbon (allotrope of carbon)
Dalmation Stone
Peralkaline Rock (SiO2 with Arfvedsonite)
Pumice
Pumicite (Amorphous glass with varying chemical composition, often rhyolitic)
Pumice
Vesicular volcanic glass (Amorphous silica mixed with various oxides)
Scoria (Lava Rock)
Extrusive Igneous Scoria (Vesicular Basalt)
Pumice
Pumice (a highly vesicular volcanic glass)
Pumice
Pumice (Vesicular Rhyolite/Andesite)
Opal
Hydrated Amorphous Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Pumice
Pumice (a highly vesicular extrusive igneous rock, primarily amorphous silica)
Hematite Nodules (Moqui Marbles style)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Granitic Pegmatite
Granite Pegmatite (typically containing Quartz SiO2, Feldspar KAlSi3O8, and Muscovite)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Greywacke)
Arenite/Greywacke (SiO2 major)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ironstone (likely Limonite or Goethite nodule)
Hydrothermally altered Ferric Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Geode (unopened nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) Nodule
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Opal
Hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Common Opal
Hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Granite Pebble (Salt and Pepper Granite)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Biotite/Amphibole)
Magnetite (Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Sandstone (Greywacke/Siltstone variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed primarily of Quartz SiO2 and Feldspar)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Garnet
Almandine formula: Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Lava Rock (Scoria)
Scoria (Basaltic Scoria)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic arenite (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone (with garnet granules)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 inclusions)
Sandstone (with potential trace fossils)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Granite Pebble
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock (composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Blue Apatite
Fluoroapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper
Dalmatian Stone (a microcrystalline quartz and feldspar rock with arfvedsonite)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)