Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
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Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Jade (Jadeite or Nephrite)
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6) or Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Jadeite (Jade)
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote with Red Piedmontite (Chalcedony/Quartz variant)
Marble (polished)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Pegmatite (likely Granitic Pegmatite)
Pegmatite (a coarse-grained igneous rock, often with granitic composition)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite [KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2] or Biotite)
Almandine Garnet in Matrix
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Ferruginous Quartzite (Red Chert/Jasper-like)
Metamorphosed Quartzite with Hematite inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Soapstone
Steatite (primarily composed of Talc, Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (predominantly SiO2)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Greywacke (Briarcliff Schist/Gneiss)
Manhattan Schist / Fordham Gneiss complex
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2)
Porcelain (White Ceramic)
Mullite-bearing Vitrified Ceramic (Major phases: Mullite Al6Si2O13, Glassy Silica SiO2)
White Jade (Mutton Fat Jade / Nephrite)
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Red Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Nuummite
Orthoamphibole (mixture of Anthophyllite and Gedrite)
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer) / Perthitic Igneous Rock
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (mostly SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Mica-rich Pegmatite
Pegmatite (rich in Muscovite and Biotite)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-based organic sedimentary/metamorphic rock)
Shungite
Non-crystalline carbon (high-carbon metamorphic rock)
Coal (Anthracite)
Anthracite (Carbon-based organic sedimentary/metamorphic rock)
Quartzite with Iron Inclusions
Metamorphic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impure Limonite/Hematite
Slate
Metamorphosed Shale (Fine-grained Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)