Dyed Howlite (simulating Lavender/Purple Jade or Charoite)
Howlite: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 (when natural)
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Dyed Howlite (simulating Lavender/Purple Jade or Charoite)
Howlite: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 (when natural)
Fluorite Bracelet (light green beads) and possibly Lavender Jadeite (purple bead)
Fluorite: CaF₂ (Calcium Fluoride); Jadeite: NaAlSi₂O₆ (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Jasper, Agate, Quartz Mix (Polished Beads)
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide) for Quartz. Jasper and Agate are cryptocrystalline varieties of Quartz.
Jasper and Aquamarine (likely)
Jasper (Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)), Aquamarine (Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18))
Orange Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Rose Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), specifically a variety of Quartz
Included Quartz Beads (likely Phantom Quartz or Garden Quartz)
Quartz (SiO2) with various mineral inclusions
Chert (variant of Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with fuchsite inclusions)
Aventurine (Green Aventurine)
Quartz with Fuchsite Inclusions (SiO2)
Quartz (likely a macrocrystalline variety like milky quartz or smoky quartz, given the appearance in the image)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Fossil Coral
Fossilized Scleractinia or Tabulata (various genera/species)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (MnSiO3)
Puddingstone (Jasper Conglomerate)
Conglomerate (specific type: Jasper Conglomerate or Hertfordshire Puddingstone)
Sodalite
Sodalite - Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Carnelian
Carnelian (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO2)
Garnet Beads
Garnet Group (complex nesosilicates, e.g., Almandine Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Carnelian
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (varieties include Flint or Jasper)
Chert (cryptocrystalline quartz; SiO₂)
Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline Variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Agate
Agate (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO₂)
Blue Lace Agate
Chalcedony (a form of Quartz) - SiO2
Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz (SiO₂)
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Aventurine (a variety of quartz, SiO₂, with common inclusions of fuchsite)
Chalcedony
Chalcedony (SiO₂)
Tektite (likely Australite)
Tektite (no specific chemical formula as it's a natural glass of variable composition, mostly SiO2, Al2O3, FeO, MgO, CaO, K2O, Na2O, TiO2)
Banded Agate (likely Carnelian Agate or Sardonyx)
Agate is a common name for a microcrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO₂), specifically a form of Chalcedony.
Chert / Flint
Chert (varietal name for microcrystalline quartz). Chemical formula: SiO₂
Agate
Agate (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony and Picture Jasper Beads
Blue Chalcedony (SiO2), Picture Jasper (SiO2)
Pyrite (or Fool's Gold)
Pyrite (FeS₂)
Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 - a variety of actinolite, an amphibole mineral); Jadeite (Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6 - a pyroxene mineral)
African Turquoise (Jasper)
Polychrome African Jasper (often marketed as 'African Turquoise' due to its color, but it is not true turquoise)
Chert (or possibly Flint)
Chert (variant: Flint)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper (yellow/cream variety)
SiO₂ (Cryptocrystalline Quartz)
Serpentine Jade (New Jade/Olive Jade)
Serpentinite (a rock composed primarily of serpentine minerals) / Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 for Antigorite and Lizardite
Shungite
Carbonaceous rock (primarily amorphous carbon)
Red Jasper or Chert
Jasper (SiO2, a variety of chalcedony with iron oxide impurities), Chert (SiO2)
Banded Chert
Chert (a microcrystalline variety of quartz, SiO2 with minor impurities)
Chert (varietal: Jasper or Flint likely, but definitive identification is difficult from image)
SiO₂ (silicon dioxide)