Porcelain (Stoneware Ceramic)
Mullite / Silica-glass composite (Al6Si2O13)
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Porcelain (Stoneware Ceramic)
Mullite / Silica-glass composite (Al6Si2O13)
Glass Nugget (Tumbled Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with additives
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine glass
Flaked stone projectile point
Likely worked chert or fine-grained silicified shale; exact lithology cannot be confirmed from the image
Chert (and Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically White Chert or Novaculite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Polished orbicular jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron oxides and other inclusions
Blue slag glass / industrial smelter slag
Man-made iron-rich silicate slag; composition variable, commonly Fe–Ca–Mg–Al silicates with glassy phases
Sandstone (with iron staining)
Quartz Arenite / Ferruginous Sandstone
Beaded gemstone jewelry, likely carnelian and green aventurine
Carnelian: orange chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂); green aventurine: quartz with fuchsite or other inclusions (SiO₂)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed of SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeO(OH) cement)
Loose faceted colorless gemstones, likely quartz or glass-like mineral chips
Most consistent with quartz (SiO₂), though the photograph cannot exclude synthetic cubic zirconia or glass
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Coquina (composed primarily of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Tektite
Impactite (Natural Silicate Glass)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule/Pebble)
Chert (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue opalite (often sold as synthetic opal)
Opalite glass; amorphous hydrated silica if natural opal (SiO₂·nH₂O)
Blue glassy mineral fragment, possibly sodalite or dyed/cobalt glass
Uncertain; likely sodalite (Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂) if natural, but vivid blue color may indicate cobalt-colored glass
River Pebbles (Chert and Quartzite)
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silica-rich)
Slate
Metamorphic pelitic rock
Mixed stone-bead bracelet, likely agate/jasper and possibly sodalite or dyed quartz
Primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) varieties, with opaque iron-rich chalcedony/jasper and probable blue sodalite or dyed material
Tumbled purple chalcedony or low-grade amethyst bead bracelet
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly quartz/amethyst; composition is SiO₂
Iron Slag
Ferrous slag (primarily silicates and oxides of calcium, iron, and magnesium)
Amethyst crystal fragment
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), purple variety colored mainly by iron and irradiation
Sandstone
Arenite
Coquina / Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcareous bioclastic sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Yellow Chert (Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Blue-beaded gemstone jewelry, likely lapis lazuli or dyed blue agate
Uncertain from the image; possible lazurite-bearing lapis lazuli (Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂S) or blue chalcedony (SiO₂)
Mixed gemstone bead bracelet
Likely rose quartz, amethyst, and possibly rhodonite or lepidolite beads
White quartz bead bracelet (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), usually microcrystalline or cloudy crystalline quartz
Carved quartz (likely rose quartz and green aventurine/quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂); green material may be aventurine quartz or serpentine
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite Rock (CaCO3)
Pearls (likely freshwater cultured pearls)
Pearl: nacre, primarily aragonite (CaCO₃) with conchiolin
Carved quartz skull, likely smoky quartz or gray chalcedony
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz or microcrystalline quartz
Diamond (as set in a metal alloy ring)
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Granite
Granite (a plutonic rock)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Graphite
Graphite (Carbon, C)
Tumbled greenstone / serpentinite (probable)
Serpentinite, chiefly Mg-rich serpentine minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), possibly mixed with chlorite, magnetite, or carbonate