Small tumbled blue-green stone, possibly chrysocolla or turquoise
Indeterminate copper-bearing mineral; possible chrysocolla (Cu₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O) or turquoise (CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O)
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Small tumbled blue-green stone, possibly chrysocolla or turquoise
Indeterminate copper-bearing mineral; possible chrysocolla (Cu₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O) or turquoise (CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O)
Green glassy mineral specimen, likely nephrite or serpentine
Indeterminate from image; possible nephrite jade (interlocking amphibole, chiefly Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂) or green serpentine (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)
Mixed polished stone and mineral collection
Several small, tumbled specimens; individual species cannot be identified reliably from the image
Unidentified small mineral specimen
Undetermined from the image
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter; rank and composition cannot be confirmed from the image
Small pale stone (undetermined)
Unidentified geological specimen; image lacks detail for a reliable mineral or rock identification
Small rough rock fragment
Undetermined; the image does not show enough detail for a reliable identification
Likely white quartz or feldspar fragment
Unidentified pale mineral; quartz (SiO₂) or feldspar are possibilities
Small, pale gray-green rock fragment
Undetermined fine-grained silicate rock; exact identification is not possible from the image
Blue-gray stone pebble (possibly slag or a weathered rock)
Unidentified fine-grained rock; composition cannot be determined from the image
Smooth gray pebbles
Unidentified rounded rock fragments; composition cannot be determined from the image
Faceted clear gemstone in a gold-colored ring
Unidentified transparent faceted gem; possibilities include colorless quartz (SiO₂), glass, or diamond (C)
Rounded brown pebble
Unidentified lithic pebble; composition cannot be determined from the image
Small rounded river pebble, possibly fine-grained quartzite
Unidentified silicate pebble; quartzite is a tentative visual identification
Likely polished or naturally smoothed pebble with a pale mineral patch
Undetermined; possibly a dark volcanic rock with a quartz or feldspar inclusion
Likely iron-rich breccia or weathered ironstone
Ironstone breccia; composition cannot be confirmed from the photograph
Likely dyed or painted stone
Unidentified natural rock; vivid purple, orange, and pink coloration appears to be a surface coating or pigment, so the underlying rock cannot be reliably identified from the image.
Rounded banded pebble (likely sandstone or quartzite)
Unidentified silica-rich rock; exact lithology cannot be determined from the image
Calcite-rich limestone (likely crystalline limestone/marble)
Calcite, CaCO₃; likely recrystallized carbonate rock
Vesicular basalt (lava rock)
Vesicular basalt; chiefly plagioclase, pyroxene, and often olivine
Dark rounded pebble, likely hematite-rich ironstone
Possibly hematite (Fe₂O₃) or iron-rich goethite/limonite; the photo alone cannot confirm composition
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or a pale quartzite fragment
Fossilized Bone Chunk
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (indeterminant)
Trilobite fossil
Trilobita (exact species indeterminable from the image)
Polished ammonite fossil
Ammonoidea (likely a polished ammonite shell; exact species indeterminable from the image)
Fossil oyster shell
Fossilized bivalve, likely an oyster (family Ostreidae); exact genus and age are indeterminable from the image
Fern fossil in shale
Plant fossil, likely a fern frond impression preserved in fine-grained shale; exact species indeterminable from the image