Optical Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
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Optical Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Weathered limestone pebble
Limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily SiO2)
Jadeite Jade
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Fossil bivalve shell
Likely an extinct or modern-like ribbed cockle/scallop; exact genus requires locality and diagnostic hinge features
Diamond (in a gold ring)
Diamond (pure carbon, C)
Man-made Green Quartz (Lab-grown or Treated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial coloration
Dark glassy pebble, possibly volcanic rock
Likely basalt or volcanic glass (var. obsidian), unconfirmed from image
Obsidian Arrowhead Replica (or similar knapped stone)
Obsidian (volcanic glass) or Chert
Likely fossilized shell or carbonate concretion
Indeterminate biogenic calcium carbonate, commonly calcite (CaCO₃)
Banded Calcite or Travertine
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Small white mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz, calcite, or feldspar
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Iron meteorite fragment
Fe-Ni meteorite, likely an iron meteorite or stony-iron fragment
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Garnet
Group of silicate minerals (e.g., Almandine: Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Granodiorite
Granodiorite
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C) if diamond, various if simulant (e.g., Cubic Zirconia - ZrO2, Moissanite - SiC)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) with Conchiolin, CaCO3
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Diamond (Carbon, C)
Quartz pebble or seed/crumb
SiO2 (if quartz)
Optical Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Jade
There are two distinct minerals commonly known as Jade: Nephrite (a calcium magnesium silicate - Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) and Jadeite (a sodium aluminum silicate - NaAlSi2O6). Based on the image showing a typically softer, more fibrous appearance, it is likely Nephrite.
Quartz pebble in concrete
Quartz (SiO₂), embedded in Portland-cement concrete
Polished blue-green glassy slag or coated mineral fragment
Most likely man-made colored glass/slag; exact composition cannot be determined visually
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Jade (likely Nephrite Jade based on appearance)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Ordinary chondrite (LL5)
Gastly (Trick or Trade Halloween Series)
Cellulose-carbonaceous composite (Lignocellulose laminated with pigmentary polymers)
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Orange Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Greenstone Celt (Polished Stone Axe)
Metamorphosed mafic rock (often Basalt or Diabase)
Diamond (in jewelry setting)
Diamond (C - Carbon)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossil gastropod shell
Fossilized marine gastropod; exact genus/species requires locality and examination
Polished orbicular/porphyritic granite or breccia
Likely potassium-feldspar–quartz granite with amphibole/biotite and epidote; exact variety uncertain from the image
Polished orbicular stone, likely granite or diorite
Granite–diorite, composed mainly of feldspar, quartz, and dark amphibole/biotite
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite
Titanium Aura Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C) or Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)