Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Category
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Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled green aventurine (probable)
Quartzite dominated by quartz (SiO₂), with green mica/fuchsite or chlorite inclusions
Chalcedony (Agate/Jasper Nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Petoskey Stone
Favosites alpenensis
Graphite
Graphite (Carbon, C)
Mahogany Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2 with Hematite/Magnetite inclusions)
Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock, predominantly SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Chert (Green Chert or Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (varietal Chalcedony or Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (primarily SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red gemstone ring, likely garnet or synthetic ruby
Possibly almandine garnet (Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃) or corundum/ruby (Al₂O₃); image alone cannot distinguish
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Polished agate/chalcedony fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely banded chalcedony or agate
Dumortierite in Quartz
Dumortierite (Al6O3(BO3)(SiO4)3) with Quartz (SiO2)
Brown Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Raw Diamond
Carbon (C)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) with organic conchiolin
Chert Arrowhead
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint/Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Common Opal/Jasper variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (mostly Aragonite), CaCO3 (with conchiolin)
Chert (and/or Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)