Chert (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
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Chert (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Tumbled Gabbro
Gabbro (Mafic intrusive igneous rock)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fossilized Bored Limestone
Limestone with Ichnofossils (Gastrochaenolites or Entobia)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Chert (Microcrystalline and Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Diamond in Kimberlite
Diamond (C in Kimberlite Matrix)
Chalk
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Desert Rose (also known as Sand Rose)
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) or Barite (BaSO4) with sand inclusions
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dragon Vein Agate (Dyed/Treated)
Agate (SiO2)
Chert (Flinty variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Pebble
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (and/or Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Eroded Brick or Pumice-like Scoria
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria (Anthropogenic variant: Eroded Firebrick)
Chert (and associated river cobbles)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Chert (River Siltstone/Quartzite type)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Crinoid Fossil Stem Segment
Class Crinoidea (Echinodermata)
Banded Calcite (often commercially sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Honey Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Amethyst
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 + Fe4+ impurities)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Agate Geode
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline SiO2)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Rose quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), pink massive variety
Polished green aventurine (probable)
Quartz, SiO₂, with green fuchsite or chlorite inclusions
Polished agate (likely fire agate or carnelian-bearing agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony with iron-oxide inclusions
Tumbled brown chalcedony (possibly carnelian or jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely iron-stained chalcedony
Milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Polished red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides.
Carnelian (orange chalcedony)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), iron-colored variety
Lepidolite
K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,3O10)(F,OH)2
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Green Aventurine
Quartz with fuchsite inclusions (SiO2)
Polished Ocean Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony/Quartz), SiO2
Argillite / Mudstone
Argillaceous sedimentary rock
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Carnelian (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow jasper or polished yellow chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, likely iron-stained jasper/chalcedony