Chert (Chalcedony/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Chert (Chalcedony/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Wishing Stone with Quartz Vein
Hydrothermal Quartz Vein in Metasedimentary Matrix (primarily SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil (Clam)
Class Bivalvia (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
White Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Vein / Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst (Tumbled)
Purple Quartz (SiO2 with iron impurities and irradiation)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz Vein in Schist
Quartz (SiO2) in Mica Schist
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Limonite/Hematite inclusions
Mookaite Jasper
Radiolarite (SiO2 with impurities)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Tourmaline in Quartz
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4) in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet-Mica Schist (X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃)
Scoria (Lava Rock)
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria
Sandstone Geode (Unbroken)
Siliciclastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Almandine-Pyrope Garnet)
Shale with Iron Oxide Staining
Fissile Mudstone (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with various cementing agents)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Sandstone (Greywacke/Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Stromatolite
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Lithified microbial mat)
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al2O3·nH2O)
Sandstone (Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Petoskey Stone
Hexagonaria percarinata (Fossilized Rugose Coral)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt with Quartz Veins
Amygdaloidal Basalt (matrix) with Crystalline SiO2 (veins)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Snowflake Obsidian (or similar porphyritic volcanic rock)
Obsidian with Spherulites (if glassy), or Porphyritic Rhyolite/Andesite (if crystalline groundmass)
Brown Sandstone
Arenite (primarily Quartz and Feldspar, with Iron Oxide cement)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Emerald In Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with trace Chromium/Vanadium
Garnet Schist or Garnet-bearing Quartzite
Metamorphic rock containing Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) and Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Quartz Variety)
Chert (mostly SiO2 / Silicon Dioxide)