Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Veined Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Ruby (Raw Corundum)
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide with Chromium), Al2O3:Cr
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Basalt
Basalt
Sandstone (with potential Arkose/Lithic characteristics)
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains)
Banded River Pebble (Gneiss or Quartz-Veined Basalt)
Polished River Siltstone or Quartzite Gneiss
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tufa
Calcareous Tufa (CaCO3)
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Terrazzo (Man-made Composite)
Cementitious or Resin-bound Lithic Composite
Basalt
Basalt
Basalt with Plagioclase Phenocrysts
Porphyritic Basalt
Mica (Muscovite)
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz/Chalcedony, SiO2)
Quartzite River Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al(OH)3, AlO(OH))
Crushed Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Seraphinite
Clinochlore (Mg,Fe)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 - specific variety for Seraphinite due to its fibrous inclusions and chatoyancy.
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper based on color)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Granitic Pegmatite with Schorl
Granitic Pegmatite (NaAlSi3O8, KAlSi3O8, SiO2) with Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass, SiO2 + impurities)
Orange Quartzite / Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Banded Chert (River Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt (River Pebble)
Basalt
Basalt
Basalt
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace Titanium and Iron)
Pink Granite
Granite (Felsic plutonic rock)
Decomposed Granite
Grano-diorite/Granite-residuum (SiO2 primary)
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Glacial Quartzite Cobble
Meta-orthoquartzite (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of minerals in the Serpentine group)