Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
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Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Rough Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Yellow Quartzite (or Quartz River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite (Orange Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide staining
Epidote with Unakite characteristics
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 silicon dioxide)
Green Quartzite (Aventurine-like)
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartzite Pebble (Beach Stone)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone, SiO2)
Quartzite (Ferruginous)
Recrystallized Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Quartzite (or Milky Quartz pebble)
Quartzite (Metamorphosed Sandstone) / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Quartzite (River Stone)
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions (typically Fuchsite or Chlorite)
Green Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2) with Chromium-rich inclusions (Fuchsite)
River Pebble (Gneiss or Quartzite variant)
Course-grained Metamorphic Rock (likely SiO2 dominant)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-based sedimentary-derived metamorphic rock)
Slate with Pyrite Inclusions
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (with Iron Sulfide FE-S2)
White Marble (Industrial/Architectural)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Green Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Garnetiferous Micaceous Schist
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Beach Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions of crocidolite (riebeckite) that have been altered to limonite and then replaced by quartz
Serpentine
Serpentine group, including Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions (Quartzite)
Yellow Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18), specifically the blue-green variety
Red Quartzite River Stone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Quartzite with Chert inclusions
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock (SiO2)
Quartz (Druzy) in host rock
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide) as Quartz, with unspecified host rock components (likely silicates and iron oxides)
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate - Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Pink Jade (Dyed Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - primarily Quartzite or Quartz
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)