Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Likely flint pebble (possibly a worked flint fragment)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; commonly called flint
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Sandstone (SiO2 dominated)
Chert (varieties: Flint or Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) / Microcrystalline Quartz
Banded Chert (River Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Commonly known as Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Common Chert Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green iridescent glass cabochon or synthetic gemstone
Likely synthetic glass; possibly coated synthetic quartz or lab-created green gemstone
Sandstone (with potential Arkose/Lithic characteristics)
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 composition dominant)
Polished/tumbled brown-and-white mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz-rich jasper, brecciated jasper, or an iron-stained quartz mineral
Colorless faceted gemstone, likely quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), tentative identification; the photo is insufficient to confirm the material
Sandstone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Fe2O3 enriched)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete / Asphaltic Composite
Synthetic Marbled Aggregate (Footwear Component)
Ethylene-vinyl acetate (Croslite™)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely flint/chert
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow/Tan variety)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Diamond
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Green Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (often colored by chromium-bearing minerals or fuchsite)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Green cabochon gemstone, likely aventurine or dyed chalcedony
Indeterminate from image; possible quartz variety (SiO₂), including aventurine quartz or chalcedony
Black-and-white agate geode pendant
Agate (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), likely a hollow geode slice with chalcedony and drusy quartz
Red Sandstone
Quartz Arenite (iron-stained) / SiO2
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
White Marble (Tumbled)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Blue glassy cabochon, likely blue quartz or synthetic glass
Possibly dyed blue chalcedony/quartz (SiO₂); visual identification is inconclusive
Pearl and Garnet Glass
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for pearl; Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for glass
Sunstone (Aventurine Feldspar)
(Ca,Na)((Al,Si)2Si2O8) with inclusions of Cu or Fe2O3
Granite
Granite (Mainly Quartz SiO2, Feldspar KAlSi3O8, and Mica KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Green cabochon gemstone, likely nephrite jade
Nephrite jade—interlocking amphibole fibers, chiefly tremolite-actinolite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Amber-set ring
Amber (fossilized plant resin; organic mineraloid), set in a metal ring
Tumbled amethyst quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), purple variety colored mainly by iron impurities and irradiation
Polished blue stone, likely sodalite or dyed agate
Sodalite: Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂; exact identification requires testing
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)