Sandstone Chert/Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Sedimentary Sandstone / Orthoquartzite
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Sandstone Chert/Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Sedimentary Sandstone / Orthoquartzite
Rough Diamond
C (Native Carbon)
Weathered, iron-stained quartz-rich pebble (uncertain identification)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide/hydroxide staining and dark matrix inclusions
Blue magnesite beads
Magnesite (MgCO₃), likely stabilized or dyed; brown veining may reflect matrix or iron oxides
Ruby (Raw/Rough)
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium trace)
Rough Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Synthetic Wolf Plush (Non-mineral)
Canis lupus similis (Prop material: Polyester & Synthetic fibers)
Likely metallic meteorite fragment
Unclassified iron-rich meteorite; possible stony-iron or iron meteorite
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C) - Native Element
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Flint Pebble
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz / Chalcedony)
Diamond (set in jewelry)
Diamond (Carbon, C)
Sandstone (Red/Brown Variety)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 iron oxide inclusions)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Magnetite-Hematite Chert (Banded Iron Formation)
Likely polished garnet fragment
Garnet group, possibly almandine (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Tumbled prehnite (probable)
Prehnite, Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂; possibly epidote- or chlorite-bearing
Yellow Jasper (Chert variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Chert (Iron-stained)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint or Common Opal variant)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Porphyritic polymictic breccia (likely volcanic breccia)
Volcanic breccia; probable polymictic andesite–dacite breccia with quartz/feldspar clasts
Metallic iron meteorite fragments (probable)
Iron meteorite, chiefly kamacite (α-(Fe,Ni)) with possible taenite
Rounded gray river pebble, likely fine-grained sandstone or siltstone
Indeterminate clastic sedimentary rock; possibly quartz-rich sandstone or siltstone
Raw Diamond
Carbon (C)
Rough Diamond
Diamond (Native Carbon, C)
Blue calcite (probable)
Calcite, CaCO₃
Synthetic Resin Charm (Seal Shape)
Polymer Resin with plastic glitter / Polyethylene terephthalate glitters
Chert (and associated river cobbles)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Fossilized coral or carbonate fossil fragment
Calcareous fossil, likely colonial coral (order Hexacorallia; uncertain from image)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Likely weathered iron-rich stone
Uncertain; possibly limonite/goethite-bearing rock
Chalcedony (specifically Agate or Common Opal variety)
Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
Chert (Alpha-Quartz, SiO2)
Blue-dyed howlite beads (likely)
Howlite, Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅, commonly dyed blue to imitate turquoise
Tumbled blue-green stone, likely aquamarine-bearing pegmatite or blue apatite
Probable fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH), though visual identification is uncertain
Unidentified gray stone
Likely quartz-rich stone; exact identification is not possible from the image
Polished agate geode
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) with quartz druse crystals
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)