Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
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Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Leopard Skin Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and manganese inclusions
Hag Stone
Perforated Calcarenite or Chert
Polished green serpentine (likely bowenite)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite; bowenite is a compact Mg-rich variety often called “serpentine jade”
Chert Breccia (Yellow Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Brecciated Chert
Banded Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Larimar and Fossil Coral
Pectolite (NaCa2Si3O8(OH)) and Hexagonaria/Petoskey Stone
Serpentinite (likely antigorite-rich)
Serpentinite; hydrated Mg-rich silicate minerals, chiefly antigorite (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4), with possible chrysotile/lizardite and magnetite
Sedimentary Outcrop (Sandstone/Shale)
Sedimentary bedrock formation (variable composition)
Limonite Concretion
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Gossanous Sandstone (likely Terrestrial)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide inclusions
Ironstone Concretion (Coprolite-like)
Goethite/Hematite Siderite Spheroid (FeCO3 or FeO(OH))
Gowganda Tillite (Puddingstone)
Glacial Tillite (Diamictite) with Jasper inclusions
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silica with Hematite inclusions), SiO2
Calcite-rich limestone with iron-oxide staining and a possible concretion
Calcite (CaCO₃) in micritic limestone; brown coating likely goethite/limonite
Polished banded jasper (likely ocean jasper or brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron oxides and assorted silicate inclusions
Yellow Ocherous Siltstone (Limonitic Shale)
Limonitic Siltstone / Goethite-rich Sedimentary Rock
Shiva Lingam
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Jasproid/Sandstone) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Rounded sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone, possibly iron-stained litharenite
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone Clast
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (SiO2 matrix with Quartz core)
Greenish quartz (likely prase/chalcedony)
Quartz, SiO₂; possibly green chalcedony or chlorite-included quartz
Painted Garden Rock (likely Granite or Limestone base)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) based substrate with Acrylic/Enamel pigments
Poppy Jasper
Jasper (variety of Chalcedony), SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Limonite / Brown Iron Ore
Hydrous Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or ferruginous conglomeratic rock
Ferruginous sandstone, likely hematite/goethite-bearing quartz sandstone
Fossil bivalve shell
Fossilized or calcitic bivalve, likely a scallop-type pectinid (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)
Chert (Hagstone/Gasket Rock variant)
Chert (SiO2)
Red Sandstone with Reduction Spot
Quartzose Sandstone with a Leach/Reduction Spot
Wishing Stone (Basalt or Chert with Quartz Veins)
Basalt or microcrystalline Quartz (Chert) with localized hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) veining
Quartz geode or vuggy quartz vein fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with minor iron oxides and host carbonate or silicate minerals
Banded gneiss
Gneiss, likely quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Banded gneiss
Gneiss, commonly quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Milky quartz crystal cluster
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Apatite
Fluorapatite / Chlorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Likely milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Zoisite with Hornblende
Zoisite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)) with Amphibole inclusions
Magnetite (Lodestone variety)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)