Unidentified orange-brown rock fragment
Likely weathered iron-rich volcanic rock or ochre-bearing material; exact identification is impossible from the blurred image
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Unidentified orange-brown rock fragment
Likely weathered iron-rich volcanic rock or ochre-bearing material; exact identification is impossible from the blurred image
Weathered volcanic rock, likely andesite or basaltic-andesite
Fine-grained plagioclase–pyroxene volcanic rock; possible altered andesite (exact identification requires testing)
Green-gray tumbled stone, possibly nephrite jade
Possible nephrite (interlocking tremolite–actinolite amphibole); identification is uncertain from the photograph
Weathered foliated metamorphic rock, likely schist or gneiss
Micaceous schist/gneiss; composition likely quartz, feldspar, mica, and altered mafic minerals
Polished green stone, likely serpentine or altered basalt
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄; exact identification requires testing
Tiger's Eye
Silicon Dioxide with Crocidolite (SiO2)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Likely weathered basalt or dark metamorphic rock
Fine-grained mafic rock, probably basalt (plagioclase + pyroxene ± olivine)
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Blue-gray quartz-bearing metamorphic rock (likely gneiss or schist)
Quartz–feldspar–mica rock; exact identification requires testing
Epidote in Matrix (Dragon Stone variant)
Epidote with Quartz/Feldspar (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss
Granitic rock, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and mica; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Greenish altered rock, possibly serpentinite or chlorite-rich schist
Tentative: serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite, or chlorite–actinolite assemblage
Quartz-veined metamorphic rock, likely greenschist or altered metavolcanic
Chlorite–actinolite–epidote-bearing metavolcanic rock with quartz veins; exact identification requires testing
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Tumbled bronzite-bearing stone
Bronzite-rich serpentinite or pyroxenite; exact identification requires testing
Epidote in Matrix (Unakite-like Rock Fragment)
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)) / Altered Metamorphic Pebble
Possible weathered quartz-rich rock or iron-stained mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Greenstone (likely altered basalt or serpentinite)
Chlorite-rich metabasalt or serpentinite; exact identification requires testing
Polished brecciated jasper (likely ocean jasper or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Serpentine
(Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
River Cobble (Weathered Granitoid)
Granodiorite / Quartz Diorite
Epidote with Unakite characteristics
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or granite fragment
Uncertain; likely quartz–feldspar aggregate, possibly altered granite or quartzite
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Weathered metamorphic rock, likely quartz-mica schist
Quartz–mica schist; composition typically quartz + muscovite/biotite ± feldspar
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-dominated contact metamorphic rock
Quartz Vein in Greenstone
Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) with Chlorite/Epidote Schist host rock
Weathered greenish rock pebble
Possibly altered basalt or greenstone; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Unakite
Altered granitic rock (epidosite/unakite)
Likely vesicular basalt with weathering minerals
Basalt, primarily plagioclase and pyroxene, with possible iron oxides and secondary zeolite/carbonate minerals
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex aggregate of Lazurite, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Weathered gray-green basaltic rock
Basalt, likely altered to low-grade greenschist/amphibolite facies
Polished greenstone pebble
Likely serpentinite or chlorite-rich greenschist
Greenstone (likely metamorphosed mafic rock)
Probable chlorite–actinolite–epidote-rich metabasalt; exact identification requires testing
Likely serpentinite (serpentine-rich rock)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite; commonly derived from ultramafic peridotite
Greenstone pebble (likely serpentinite or altered basalt)
Serpentinite, predominantly serpentine-group minerals; exact identification requires testing
Dark, foliated metamorphic rock (likely schist)
Probably mica schist; exact identification requires closer inspection or testing