Gneiss (River Cobble)
Metamorphic Gneiss
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Gneiss (River Cobble)
Metamorphic Gneiss
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Rainbow Moonstone (White Labradorite)
Labradorite (White varieties with Schiller effect), (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8
Blue Dumortierite Quartz
Dumortierite Inclusions in Quartz (SiO2 with Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
White Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline SiO₂, possibly with mica or iron-oxide impurities
Veined quartz-bearing metamorphic rock
Likely quartzite or siliceous schist with iron-oxide staining
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Yellow Aventurine (Yellow Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Muscovite or Mica
Moonstone (Feldspar)
Orthoclase or Oligoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Green Quartz (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Ruby in Zoisite
Anyolite (Zoisite with Corundum) Member of the Epidote Group
Garnet (Almandine/Pyrope series)
Silicate mineral (Almandine: Fe3Al2Si3O12; Pyrope: Mg3Al2Si3O12)
Almandine Garnet in Schist
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) in Mica Schist
Greenish Metamorphic Rock (likely containing epidote or chlorite)
Metamorphic rock, possibly epidosite or greenstone
Greenstone / Greenschist
Greenschist (containing Chlorite, Epidote, Actinolite)
Fuchsite
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2
Magnetite Ore
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite / KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Black Spinel
Magnesium Aluminum Oxide (MgAl2O4)
Sapphirine in Magnesian Schist
Sapphirine: (Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20
Quartz Vein in Schist / Gneiss Metamorphic Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in metamorphic schist host rock
Rhodonite in Matrix
Rhodonite (Manganese Silicate) - (Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Magnetite (or Magnetic Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Garnet Amphibolite (or Garnet Gneiss)
Garnet amphibolite / Garnet-bearing metamorphic rock
Rounded gray river pebble, likely quartzite or fine-grained metamorphic rock
Quartzite (probable; chiefly recrystallized quartz, SiO₂)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
SiO2
Quartz with Epidote
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium aluminum iron silicate (Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with fuchsite inclusions)
Almandine Garnet
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2)
Rhodonite
Inosilicate, (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Corundum (Sapphire/Ruby in Matrix)
Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite-actinolite schist)
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (MnSiO3), often with Ca, Fe, Mg, Zn
Jadeite and Assorted Corundum (Ruby/Sapphire) / Beryl (Emerald)
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6), Ruby/Sapphire (Al2O3), Emerald (Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Greenschist
Chlorite schist