Olivine (Peridot)
Olivine Group (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
mineral
Category
Man Made Object (Simulant)
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River Pebble (Greywacke or Basaltic)
Massive Greywacke or Basaltic Andesite
sedimentary or igneous
Banded Jasper (possibly "Picture Jasper")
Jasper (a microcrystalline variety of Quartz / Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Sedimentary rock (specifically a chemical sedimentary rock, or a chert if considered purely mineral aggregate)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Smoky Quartz Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Basalt with secondary mineral infilling
igneous
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety: Chalcedony
mineral
Quartz (likely Yellow/Orange variety, possibly Citrine or Chalcedony with iron staining)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Mineral
Yellow Quartzite River Cobble
Meta-quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide staining)
metamorphic
Sandstone
Arenite
sedimentary
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
sedimentary
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkose variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 based)
sedimentary
Jasper pebble
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
sedimentary
Chert (with Chalky Cortex)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
sedimentary
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
sedimentary
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
sedimentary
Fossilized Horn Coral
Order Rugosa (Rugose Coral)
sedimentary
Iron-Nickel Meteorite fragment
Siderite (meteoritic iron), composed primarily of Kamacite (α-(Fe,Ni)) and Taenite (γ-(Fe,Ni))
mineral
Granite (tumbled pebble)
Granite (Plutonic Igneous Rock)
Igneous Rock
Rugose Coral (Horn Coral)
Order Rugosa (extinct fossilized coral)
sedimentary
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
mineral
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Iron Oxide staining)
sedimentary
Potassium Feldspar
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
mineral
Basalt with Quartz Veins
Vesicular or aphanitic Basalt with SiO2 (Quartz) intrusions
Igneous
Pink Diamond
Carbon (C)
mineral
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide impurities, SiO2 + Fe2O3)
sedimentary
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Mineral
Limonite-pseudomorph after Pyrite (Prophecy Stone)
Goethite and Limonite secondary minerals (FeO(OH)·nH2O) replacing Pyrite (FeS2)
mineral
Jasper-Agate Breccia
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
sedimentary
Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Rock
igneous
Sandstone
Quartz Arenite (a common type of sandstone, given the appearance), Arkose, Greywacke (depending on mineralogy)
Sedimentary Rock
Olivine (Peridotite)
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Magnesium Iron Silicate)
igneous
Granodiorite (foreground) and Rose Quartz (background)
Granodiorite / Quartz (SiO2)
igneous
Soapstone
Steatite (composed primarily of Talc: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Sandstone (Red Sandstone / River Stone)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxide cementation)
sedimentary
Fluorite (likely Fluorite on Quartz/Matrix)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
mineral
Sandstone (Beach Pebble)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz and Feldspar)
sedimentary
Potassium Feldspar and Quartz
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Feldspar) and SiO2 (Quartz)
mineral
Rainbow Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
mineral
Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride - CaF2)
mineral