Fossilized Coral (Rugose or Tabulate) or Stromatolite
Phylum Cnidaria / Stromatolithus
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Fossilized Coral (Rugose or Tabulate) or Stromatolite
Phylum Cnidaria / Stromatolithus
Amber (Cherry or Red variety)
Succinite (with various trace amounts of organic compounds)
Red Mudstone (Siltstone)
Lutite (primarily Quartz and Clay minerals with Hematite)
Granite Pebble
Granite
Tumbled milky quartz (probable)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz variant, SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite Pebble
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Amber
Succinite (with a generalized formula of C10H16O)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Plagioclase Feldspar (specifically Albite/Oligoclase)
(Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Quartz-rich breccia or altered granite fragment
Polymineralic quartz–feldspar rock, likely hydrothermally altered granite/pegmatite
Magnetite-rich iron ore (probable magnetite schist)
Magnetite (Fe₃O₄) in a foliated metamorphic matrix, possibly magnetite–biotite schist
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), likely massive milky quartz
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Imperial Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz with Mineral Inclusions
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2), a variety of Actinolite-Tremolite
Quartz geode (likely amethyst-bearing geode)
Microcrystalline quartz and drusy quartz; SiO₂, with possible iron-stained or amethyst quartz
Granite
Granite (a common rock type, not a single mineral species)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Schist
N/A (a rock type, not a mineral formula)
Precious Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
White Precious Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Chert (specifically Yellow or River Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Granite Pebble (River Rock)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Magnetite or Magnetic Iron Ore
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Granite
Granite
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Pumice
Volcanic glass / Pumiceous rock
Howlite (tumbled stone)
Howlite, Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅
Crinoid Marble
Crinoidal Limestone/Marble
Chert (Flint Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granodiorite
Granodiorite (intermediate plutonic rock)
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Vein on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Chlorite inclusion
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite group inclusions
Amber
Succinite (Formula: C10H16O)
Tumbled green-and-white stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, or chrysotile), commonly with magnetite and carbonate veins