Quartz with Schist Inclusion
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite Schist
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Quartz with Schist Inclusion
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite Schist
Mica Schist
Muscovite-Biotite Schist
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Mica inclusions (likely Schist or Gneiss host)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Phyllosilicates (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Yellow Quartz (Citrine/Yellow Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Muscovite Schist
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) in Schist
Mica Schist with Garnet
Garnetiferous Mica Schist
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet Schist
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Quartzite Slipper Stone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz (with inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Schist
Mica Schist
Milky Quartz
Quartz / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (a variety of the mineral actinolite within the amphibole group); Chemical Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Pink Quartz (Inclusion-rich Quartzite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with Iron Oxide / Hematite inclusions
Pink Gneiss / Pink Granite Gneiss
Felsic Gneiss (dominated by Orthoclase Feldspar and Quartz)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of quartz after crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Quartzite with Chlorite
Metamosphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2 with (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 inclusions)
Schist
Mica Schist
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Schist
Mica Schist
Epidote
Epidote (formula: Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Schist
Schist (various mineral compositions)
Gneiss (likely)
Gneiss
Quartzite (River-worn Shiner)
Quartzite (Formula: SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock typically composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Greenschist
Chlorite schist
Epidote
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Iron(II,III) oxide, Fe3O4)
Quartzite Pebble
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Chlorite (Small Flakes/Sand)
Chlorite Group (Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide - (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·(Mg,Fe)3(OH)6)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3