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Ruby (Raw/Rough)
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium trace)
Glauconite (Greensand)
(K, Na)(Fe3⁰, Al, Mg)₂(Si, Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite
Botryoidal Hematite (Kidney Ore)
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone with high Glauconite concentration ((K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Glauconite (Sandstone or Shale)
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Almandine Garnet
Almandite (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Chert (Arrowhead/Tool variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Glauconite (Green Sandstone)
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2)
Howlite
Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Blue Crackle Quartz (Dyed Fire Agate/Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye treatment
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (Hydrous ferric oxides), generic formula FeO(OH)·nH2O
Chrome Diopside
Diopside (Magnesium Calcium Silicate) - CaMgSi2O6 + Cr
Glauconite (Greensand)
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Chert (and Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Bituminous Coal
Organic sedimentary rock (humic coal)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic quartz wacke or arenite
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greenstone)
Glauconitic Siliciclastic Sandstone (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Rhodochrosite
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (containing Glauconite, (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Chrysocolla
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Hydrated Iron(III) Oxide-Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Stichtite (often found in Serpentinite)
Stichtite Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Glauconite
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Jasper (Green Jasper / Bloodstone variant base)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of chlorite and iron oxides
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Copper-bearing Quartz (with Malachite and Iron Oxides)
Quartz (SiO2) with Malachite (Cu2CO3(OH)2) and Hematite/Limonite (Fe2O3)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium traces)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions, SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone ((K, Na)(Fe3+, Al, Mg)2(Si, Al)4O10(OH)2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock composed primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2, with varying amounts of Calcite, Pyrite, and Sodalite).
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)