Quartz Crystal Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Quartz Crystal Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Jasper with Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Quartz (Milky or Smoky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Peridot (Olivine)
Olivine (Magnesium Iron Silicate - (Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
K2 Jasper
Azurite in Granite
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and magnesium inclusions
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Banded Iron Formation (Chert)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) with Jasper/Chert layers
Olivine (Peridotite)
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Magnesium Iron Silicate)
Turquoise (Blue Howlite imitation)
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Banded Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline variety of Silica, SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Lace Agate (with Amethyst Geode center)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Chalcedony
Yellow or Honey Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), naturally irradiated brown variety
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
White chalcedony or quartz-rich pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with minor calcite or feldspar
Hag Stone
Perforated Sedimentary Rock (typically Limestone or Sandstone)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Carcharocles megalodon or similar extinct shark tooth
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert (and Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Iron sulfide-rich ore, possibly pyrite-bearing gossan
Likely pyrite (FeS₂) with iron oxides/hydroxides and host rock; exact identification requires testing
Tumbled pink feldspar-rich stone, likely granite or microcline
Feldspar-dominant granitoid; probable potassium feldspar (orthoclase/microcline, KAlSi₃O₈) with quartz and minor iron-stained minerals
Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Selachii fossil
Jade (likely Nephrite Jade based on appearance)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Spiny Oyster Shell
Spondylus (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock type, not a single mineral, composed primarily of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite)
Geode fragment, likely quartz-lined basalt or chalcedony nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining in a basaltic host
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Black Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper Variant likely)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (Bead Form)
Agate (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)