Moonstone
Adularia (Potassium Aluminum Silicate, KAlSi3O8)
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Moonstone
Adularia (Potassium Aluminum Silicate, KAlSi3O8)
Amethyst
Amethyst (variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz Sand Grain
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Iron-Stained)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hypersthene
(Mg,Fe)SiO3 - Enstatite-Ferrosilite series
Ruby (in costume jewelry context)
Corundum (Al2O3) with Chromium impurities
Rough Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Olivine (often within Peridotite)
Magnesium iron silicate, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Granite / Gneiss Complex
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Granite) or High-grade Metamorphic Rock (Gneiss)
Quartz / Vein Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz Mushroom Carving
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Smoky Quartz (with possible Feldspar inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Garnet (likely Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Pyrite (on Quartz/Host Rock)
Iron Sulfide (FeS₂)
Gold Ore in Quartz
Auriferous Quartz (Gold: Au; Quartz: SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Clear Quartz fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Magnetite (potentially as a Lodestone or within Ironstone)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Quartz
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
Clear Quartz (or Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and various Micas)
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.
Quartz with Mica (likely Muscovite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite on Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Cloudy Variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chrysocolla
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate, Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·n(H2O)