Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with copper or cobalt/manganese inclusions
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Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with copper or cobalt/manganese inclusions
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Aventurescent Glass (Cobalt-doped soda-lime glass)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic borosilicate glass with cobalt and metallic inclusions)
Green Glass Slag
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide impurities
Glass Nugget (Tumbled Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with additives
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine glass
Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar (formula: (K,Na)AlSi3O8)
Carved nephrite jade thumb ring/seal
Nephrite jade: fibrous amphibole aggregate, chiefly tremolite–actinolite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Rounded quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Smoky Quartz Cluster
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Iron-rich banded quartzite / jaspilite
Banded iron formation (BIF), chiefly quartz (SiO₂) and iron oxides (hematite, Fe₂O₃; magnetite, Fe₃O₄)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tree Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Tumbled ruby-in-zoisite (likely)
Ruby-bearing zoisite; zoisite Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH), corundum ruby Al₂O₃
Blue Quartz (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions (commonly Dumortierite)
Polished yellow-green serpentine pendant
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite and/or lizardite; approximate formula Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Tumbled greenstone (likely serpentinite or green jasper)
Serpentinite, commonly dominated by serpentine-group minerals (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄); exact identification requires testing
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with aluminum impurities
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock, not a single mineral; primary mineral is Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2
Gold
Native Gold (Au)
Sunstone
Aventurine Feldspar (Plagioclase Feldspar with inclusions)
Jasper (Iron-rich Chalcedony)
Jasper (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 plus iron oxide impurities)
Common Marble
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Lapis lazuli bead bracelet
Lapis lazuli, chiefly lazurite (Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂S); commonly with calcite and pyrite
Clear quartz crystal pendant
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite
Tumbled greenstone / serpentinite (probable)
Serpentinite, chiefly Mg-rich serpentine minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), possibly mixed with chlorite, magnetite, or carbonate
Goldstone (blue-goldstone–style glass) beads
Artificial aventurine glass, typically silica glass with copper inclusions; not a natural mineral
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Asphalt aggregate
Human-made bituminous asphalt containing crushed silicate rock aggregate
Marble
Marble (metamorphosed limestone or dolostone), primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Polished serpentine pendulum
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite; approximate formula Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Polished garnet bead bracelet
Garnet group, likely almandine–pyrope solid solution; commonly approximated as Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃–Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃