Tumbled green-and-white stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; mainly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with possible magnesite or talc
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Tumbled green-and-white stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; mainly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with possible magnesite or talc
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C) if diamond, various if simulant
Pink quartz-rich stone, likely rose quartz
Rose quartz; quartz, SiO₂, commonly colored by trace elements and microscopic inclusions
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony with Iron Oxide impurities
Chert / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polymictic breccia, possibly volcanic breccia
Polymictic clastic breccia; likely a matrix-supported breccia containing lithic fragments, quartz, feldspar, and dark mafic minerals
Rough turquoise-bearing rock (probable turquoise matrix)
Turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O, likely in a host-rock matrix
Jadeite (Jade)
NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Otodus sp. or Carcharocles sp. (likely fossilized Chondrichthyes)
Chert (variations include Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished agate slice
Agate, a banded variety of chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂)
Chert (Black Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chondrite Meteorite
Ordinary Chondrite (S-type Asteroid fragment)
Chrysocolla in Quartz
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate with silicon dioxide (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O + SiO2)
Weathered limestone or calcareous fossil fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock (CaCO₃), possibly fossiliferous limestone
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony replacement of organic matter)
Quartz-rich gravel fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly with feldspar or carbonate inclusions
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Faceted)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled blue-gray stone beads, likely labradorite or dyed quartz
Probable labradorite (plagioclase feldspar; approximately NaAlSi₃O₈–CaAl₂Si₂O₈), though exact identification requires testing
Greisen
Greisen
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex silicate mixture including Lazurite: (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Dark gray basalt or andesite cobble
Fine-grained mafic to intermediate volcanic rock; commonly plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and possibly olivine
Granite Pebble
Phaneritic plutonic rock (Quartz, Feldspar, Mica)
Diamond
Diamond (pure carbon, C)
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely milky quartz or quartzite (SiO₂)
Yellow Chalcedony (likely Carnelian or Yellow Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite mica
Muscovite, KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Likely tumbled quartz/chalcedony
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or pale chalcedony
Lemon Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
C
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Basalt with secondary mineral infillings (SiO2, (Ca,Na)2-3(Mg,Fe,Al)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (Quartz variety), SiO2
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)