Mica Schist with Quartz
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
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Mica Schist with Quartz
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Quartz-Mica Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
High-grade metamorphic rock (Gneiss)
Weathered green-gray stone, likely serpentinite or chlorite-rich metamorphic rock
Probable serpentinite (antigorite–lizardite), possibly chlorite schist or altered basalt
Greenstone
Protolith of basalt/gabbro (chlorite-epidote metamorphic facies)
River-worn Quartzite / Soapstone
Metamorphic Rock (Quartzite/Talc-schist)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Schist
Mica Schist
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (Derived from Granite protolith)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Granitoid (Granite/Gneiss mix)
Granite or Granitic Gneiss (Silicon dioxide SiO2 with Al, K, Na silicates)
Iron-stained quartz vein rock
Milky quartz (SiO₂) with limonite/goethite iron oxides, possibly in altered host rock
Gneiss
Gneiss
Porphyritic granite or granitic gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica granitoid; exact identification requires testing
Greenstone (Metabaltic/Greenschist)
Chlorite schist / Meta-basalt
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
High-grade Metamorphic Gneiss
Rough Emerald (Beryl)
Emerald (Be3Al2(SiO3)6 with Cr/V impurities)
Granite (likely biotite granite)
Coarse-grained felsic plutonic rock: quartz + feldspar + biotite; approximate composition SiO₂-rich
Fuchsite (Green Muscovite)
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Schist (Greenschist / Mica Schist)
Metamorphic rock rich in platy minerals (e.g., Chlorite/Mica schist)
Greenschist (containing Epidote and Quartz)
Greenschist (Epidote-Chlorite-Actinolite Schist)
Muscovite Schist
Muscovite Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite-Epidote-Actinolite Schist)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, possibly blue quartz or granite
Quartz (SiO₂), with probable feldspar and dark accessory minerals
Biotite-rich granite or granitic gneiss
Granite, chiefly quartz + feldspar + biotite mica; possibly weakly gneissic
Quartz (likely a weathered/tumbled piece)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Gneiss (Granitic Gneiss)
Gneiss
Quartz vein in Schist
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Metamorphic Host
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Mixed Gemstone Collection
SiO2 (Quartz varieties) and Biogenic CaCO3 (Nacre)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Mica Schist (with Muscovite mica)
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphibole)
Gneiss (Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
Small brown-gray mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered quartz-, feldspar-, or iron-oxide-bearing rock