Garnet Gneiss or Mica Schist with Garnet
Almandine Garnet-bearing Gneiss
metamorphic
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Gneiss
Gneiss
metamorphic
Tumbled Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3)
gemstone
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace amounts of iron and titanium)
mineral
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss (Metamorphic silicate rock)
metamorphic
Tumbled green-and-white stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, or chrysotile), commonly with magnetite and carbonate veins
metamorphic
Biotite Schist
Biotite Schist (containing K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Tumbled banded metamorphic stone
Likely banded gneiss or migmatitic gneiss; exact identification requires testing
metamorphic
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Almandine Garnet
Almandine [Fe3Al2(SiO4)3]
mineral
Quartz on Chlorite Schist
Chlorite Schist (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 with Quartz (SiO2)
metamorphic
Mica Schist
Schist (primarily muscovite and quartz)
metamorphic
Sandstone River Cobble
Arenite (SiO2 based)
sedimentary
Biotite Schist
Biotite Mica Schist (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
metamorphic
Tanzanite
Zoisite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
gemstone
Gneiss
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Gneiss)
metamorphic
Milky Quartz with Chlorite Schist Inclusions
Quartz (SiO2) with Chlorite Group silicates (typically (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Almandine Garnet
Almandine - Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
mineral
Mica Schist
Schist (Biotite/Muscovite dominant)
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock composed primarily of quartz, feldspar, and mica)
metamorphic
Muscovite Schist
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
metamorphic
Blue Dumortierite Quartz
AlAl6BSi3O18 (Dumortierite) within SiO2 (Quartz)
mineral
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Biotite)
metamorphic
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
mineral
Mica Schist
Mica Schist
metamorphic
Gneiss (specifically a weathered or stream-worn specimen)
Gneiss (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Garnet in Matrix
Almandine or Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3) in Schist or Eclogite matrix
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss
metamorphic
Quartz with Schist Inclusion
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite Schist
metamorphic
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Mineral
Likely weathered mica schist fragment
Mica schist, chiefly muscovite/biotite mica with quartz and feldspar
metamorphic
Garnet (Almandine/Pyrope)
Silicate Mineral (Group: X3Y2(SiO4)3 where X=Mg, Fe, Mn and Y=Al, Fe, Cr)
mineral
Gneiss
Gneiss
metamorphic
Garnet (Almandine)
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
mineral
Schist
Schist
Metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss
metamorphic
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
metamorphic
Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) or Pyrope (Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)
mineral
Soapstone (Talc-Schist)
Steatite (composed primarily of Talc: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Granitoid (Granite/Gneiss mix)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
igneous
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Quartz-Mica Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Mica Schist (with Garnet)
Garnet-Mica Schist
metamorphic
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
metamorphic