Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Category
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Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, likely milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained milky quartz or quartzite
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mudstone
Argillite
Quartz (Smoky/Milky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Bituminous Coal
Humic coal (Carboniferous fossil fuel)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxide cementing agent)
Sandstone (Greywacke)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with lithic fragments)
Jasper
Jasper (Silica-rich microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Manhattan Schist
Manhattan Schist (Aluminous Metasedimentary Rock)
Clear Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rough Quartz (likely Rose or Smoky variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pink Satin Spar (Satin Spar Selenite Dyed)
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite
Fluorite Geode
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Barite Rose
Barium Sulfate (BaSO4)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid Stem
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Barite
Barium Sulfate (BaSO4)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Halite (Rock Salt)
Halite (NaCl)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shiva Lingam Stone
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Jasper/Basalt matrix)
Chert
Chert (SiO2, Silicon Dioxide)
Black Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite/Ironstone
Limonite (Hydrous ferric oxides), FeO(OH)·nH2O
Tumbled honey calcite (likely aragonite/calcite material)
Calcite, CaCO₃; possibly aragonite, a polymorph of CaCO₃
Blue-gray quartz-bearing metamorphic rock (likely gneiss or schist)
Quartz–feldspar–mica rock; exact identification requires testing