Serpentine Jade (New Jade/Olive Jade)
Serpentinite (a rock composed primarily of serpentine minerals) / Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 for Antigorite and Lizardite
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Serpentine Jade (New Jade/Olive Jade)
Serpentinite (a rock composed primarily of serpentine minerals) / Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 for Antigorite and Lizardite
Pink Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with chromium and iron traces)
Smoky Quartz (Rough)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Peridotite (with Olivine)
Peridotite (dominantly (Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium traces)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Rutilated Quartz
Quartz (SiO2) with Rutile (TiO2) inclusions
Quartz with Muscovite Mica
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride [KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2]
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granitic Gravel
Granite (Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica mixture)
Quartz Sand
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Strawberry Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂) with Goethite (α-FeO(OH)) and/or Lepidocrocite (γ-FeO(OH)) inclusions
Granite Pegmatite with Muscovite Mica
Granite Pegmatite (Silicon Dioxide and complex silicates)
Quartz (Bull Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite / Iron-Rich Basalt
Magnetite bearing Mafic Rock (Fe3O4)
Magnetite or Hematite Nodule
Iron Oxide (Fe3O4 or Fe2O3)
Milky Quartz (Water-worn Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chrysocolla on Matrix
Hydrated copper silicates ((Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O)
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Yellow Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Magnetite / Ironstone Pebble
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Red synthetic corundum (ruby-colored lab-grown sapphire)
Corundum, aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃), likely synthetic and chromium-colored
Yellow Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Black Tourmaline (Schorl)
Schorl (Complex sodium iron aluminum borosilicate)
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Sunstone
Feldspar group (Oligoclase / Labradorite)
Orange chromium diopside (likely tumbled)
Diopside, CaMgSi₂O₆; orange color may reflect iron-rich composition or surface treatment/inclusion
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace Titanium and Iron)
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8), Microcline (potassium feldspar)
Ruby (Corundum)
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
Epidote-bearing Rock
Epidote / Silicate mineral aggregate
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Quartz on Greenstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Altered Igneous Geologic Unit
Agate
Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Milky Quartz (Quartz Vein)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite Pegmatite
Coarse-grained Granite (SiO2 - Aluminum and Alkalies)
Vesicular Rhyolite
Extrusive igneous rock (high-silica rhyolite)
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)