Amethyst (Chevron or Banded Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Iron (Fe)
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Amethyst (Chevron or Banded Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Iron (Fe)
Lazulite
Magnesium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide (MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Yellow Jade
Jadeite or Nephrite (NaAlSi2O6 or Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Rutilated Prehnite
Prehnite - Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 with Epidote/Tourmaline inclusions
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Potassium Feldspar
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Green Tourmaline (Verdelite)
Tourmaline Group; often Elbaite (Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4) or Dravite (NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Aquamarine with Sunstone
Aquamarine (Be3Al2Si6O18), Sunstone (Na,Ca)Al(Si,Al)Si2O8
Jade (likely Nephrite Jade based on appearance)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Quartz (Aventurine variety) - SiO₂ with Fuchsite inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Garnet
Garnet group (X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Garnet-bearing Quartzite
Metamorphic rock containing Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) and Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Common)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica (in Quartz matrix)
Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite (Mica)
Muscovite - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Epidote in Matrix (Dragon Stone variant)
Epidote with Quartz/Feldspar (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Serpentine
Serpentinite (group of hydrous magnesium iron phyllosilicate minerals)
Quartz with Chlorite or Hornblende inclusions
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with phyllosilicate or amphibole inclusions
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite within a foliated matrix)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Sandstone (Mainly SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Slate with Quartz
Low-grade Metamorphic Slate with SiO2 inclusions
Garnet and Quartz
Pyrope or Almandine (Red Garnets) and Quartz (Center Stone)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite-Garnet rock)
Epidote (with Quartz and Feldspar)
Epidote (unakalite/unite), Ca2(Al2Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Soapstone / Steatite
Steatite (primarily Talc, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite/Biotite)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Biotite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3Si2O5(OH)4