Chert (and associated river cobbles)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
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Chert (and associated river cobbles)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (and/or Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Banded Calcite (often commercially sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Honey Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Amethyst
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 + Fe4+ impurities)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Ferrochrome Slag
Industrial Glassy Slag (Fe-Cr alloy byproduct)
Sea Glass (Kelly Green)
Amorphous Silica (Silicon Dioxide with Iron/Chromium additives)
Ferrosilicon Slag (Industrial Vitrified Glass)
Vitreous Silicate Residue
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
Rose Gold (Copper-Gold Alloy)
Aurum-Cuprum Alloy (Au-Cu)
Fossilized Ray Barb (Stinger) Fragment
Myliobatiformes indet. (Fossil stingray spine)
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Goethite or Hematite
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica / Glassy Blast Furnace Slag
Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz / Chert
Amethyst (with Pyrite and other minerals)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
Natural Diamond (Carbon, C)
Dyed Quartz (imitating Emerald/Green Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Gold
Native Gold (Au)
Amazonite
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Gemstone bead necklace (likely citrine or yellow quartz)
Quartz, SiO₂; precise identification is uncertain because the beads are blurred and metal settings obscure them
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar (formula: (K,Na)AlSi3O8)
Chert (often called Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pearl (Biogenic)
Nacre / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sunstone
Aventurine Feldspar (Plagioclase Feldspar with inclusions)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Goldstone and Aura Quartz
Cuprous Glass (Goldstone) and Titanium-coated SiO2 (Aura Quartz)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Not a rock
Not a rock
Aquamarine
Aquamarine (Beryl variety); Be3Al2Si6O18
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]