Mica
Mica group (often Muscovite or Biotite)
Category
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Mica
Mica group (often Muscovite or Biotite)
Polished Stone Pendant (Identity Unclear)
Unknown (Possibly Jasper/Agate/Quartz mixture)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Sapphire or Citrine
Al2O3 (Corundum) or SiO2 (Quartz)
Green Tourmaline
Elbaite (part of Tourmaline group), Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4
Weathered quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite with iron-oxide staining and dark inclusions
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (MnSiO₃), a manganese inosilicate
Gneiss
Gneiss (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline SiO₂, with minor mica and iron-oxide impurities
Unidentified gray mineral/rock fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly quartz-rich material or mica-bearing schist
Weathered quartz-rich rock fragment (possibly iron-stained quartzite)
Quartzite; primarily quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide staining and minor accessory minerals
Small quartz-rich pebble or rock fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining or host-rock inclusions
Muscovite mica
Muscovite, KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Osumilite in Granite Matrix
(K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30
Ruby Fuchsite / Ruby in Fuchsite
Ruby (Al2O3 variety corundum) and Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2 - a chromium-rich variety of muscovite mica) in Quartz matrix
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Iron-stained garnet-bearing rock, possibly almandine garnet
Garnet-group silicate, likely almandine (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂), in a quartz–iron-oxide matrix
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Orange Calcite (likely polished specimen)
Calcite
Likely mica-rich metamorphic rock (schist)
Mica schist, probably biotite–muscovite schist; exact identification requires closer examination
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Greenstone (likely greenschist)
Chlorite–actinolite–epidote-rich metabasalt; mineral proportions cannot be confirmed from the photo
Milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Mica schist fragment
Biotite–quartz–feldspar schist
Banded gneiss (likely garnet-biotite or quartz-feldspar gneiss)
Gneiss; predominantly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and dark biotite/amphibole
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble (Beach Pebble)
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite with Hematite staining
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite
Metamorphic rock (SiO2)
River Pebble (Gneiss/Schist mix)
Metamorphic rock aggregate
Quartzite pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)