Small rounded light-colored mineral pebble
Indeterminate; possibly quartz, feldspar, or calcite
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Small rounded light-colored mineral pebble
Indeterminate; possibly quartz, feldspar, or calcite
Tumbled white mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly milky quartz or calcite
Fossil brachiopod shell
Brachiopoda indeterminate; possibly a strophomenid or spiriferid
Fossilized tooth, likely mammalian molar
Indeterminate Mammalia; mineralized dentine and enamel
Small white mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz, calcite, or feldspar
Decorative opal-like turtle mosaic
Likely imitation or assembled opal material; exact stones cannot be confirmed visually
Speckled rounded stone, possibly basalt or diorite
Indeterminate mafic/intermediate igneous rock; likely fine-grained basaltic or dioritic material
Likely weathered quartz-rich pebble
Uncertain; possibly granite or quartz-bearing volcanic rock
Rounded river pebble
Unidentified fine-grained clastic rock, possibly sandstone or mudstone
Likely black cabochon gemstone pendant
Uncertain; possibly black star sapphire, black spinel, or obsidian
Rounded quartz-rich pebble, possibly milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), provisional identification
Weathered iron-rich rock fragment
Likely limonite/goethite-bearing material; exact identification requires testing
Fossil shell fragment
Likely a fossilized brachiopod or bivalve; exact taxon cannot be determined from the image
Tumbled dark stone, possibly hematite or polished basalt
Uncertain; likely hematite (Fe₂O₃) or a polished mafic rock
Likely yellow jasper or iron-stained quartzite pebble
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides; quartzite: recrystallized quartz (SiO₂)
Yellow quartz fragment (likely citrine or iron-stained quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), trigonal crystal system
Tumbled quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartzite or quartz-rich sandstone; predominantly SiO₂
Possible iron-rich concretion or weathered ironstone
Goethite/hematite-bearing limonite concretion (tentative)
Faceted clear gemstone, likely glass imitation or cubic zirconia
Uncertain; possibilities include cubic zirconia (zirconium dioxide, ZrO₂), quartz (SiO₂), or lead glass
Likely porphyritic volcanic rock
Indeterminate; possibly porphyritic andesite or basalt
Fossil shell fragment, likely brachiopod or bivalve
Indeterminate bioclast; possible Brachiopoda or Mollusca
Rounded pale pebble, likely quartz-rich rock
Indeterminate; possibly quartzite or weathered limestone
Rounded brown cobble, likely weathered sandstone or iron-rich sedimentary rock
Indeterminate; possibly ferruginous sandstone or ironstone
Fossilized shell or bone fragment
Indeterminate biogenic calcite or apatite fossil
Weathered brown quartz-rich rock, likely sandstone
Quartz-rich sandstone (indeterminate lithology)
Polished black mineral or volcanic glass fragment
Indeterminate; possibly obsidian or black tourmaline
Weathered sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, likely dominated by quartz (SiO₂) with minor clay and iron-oxide staining
Dyed red crystal aggregate, likely quartz or salt
Uncertain; possibly dyed quartz (SiO₂) or halite (NaCl)
Likely weathered sandstone or iron-rich limestone
Indeterminate clastic carbonate rock; apparent iron-oxide staining (goethite/hematite)
Reddish sandstone or iron-stained quartzite pebble
Likely ferruginous sandstone; possibly quartzite, composed mainly of quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides
Rounded brown pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or weathered quartzite
Indeterminate; probable quartz (SiO₂)-rich sandstone/quartzite with iron-oxide staining
Fine-grained gray sandstone or quartz-rich sedimentary pebble
Likely quartz arenite or lithic sandstone; exact identification requires microscopy or testing
Likely tumbled quartz or feldspar pebble
Indeterminate; possibly quartz (SiO₂) or potassium feldspar (KAlSi₃O₈)
Fossiliferous limestone with a fossil sea urchin
Bioclastic limestone containing an echinoid fossil (class Echinoidea)
Blue-green slag glass or chalcedony-like material
Likely industrial glassy slag; exact identification requires testing
Blue-gray quartz-rich rock, likely sodalite-bearing syenite or granite
Probable sodalite-bearing nepheline syenite; composition may include quartz, feldspar, sodalite, and dark mafic minerals
Quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite fragment
Quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining; possibly weakly metamorphosed quartzite
Rounded iron-rich stone, likely hematite-bearing sandstone or ironstone
Hematite/goethite-bearing ferruginous sandstone or ironstone; composition cannot be confirmed from appearance alone
Fossilized bivalve shell fragment
Calcitic mollusk shell, commonly Bivalvia; exact genus cannot be determined from the image
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Tumbled quartz pebble with iron-oxide inclusions
Quartz (SiO₂), stained by hematite/goethite
Orange mineral fragment, possibly iron oxide or carnelian
Uncertain; candidates include hematite/goethite (Fe₂O₃/FeO(OH)) or orange chalcedony (SiO₂)