Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Gneissic Schist
Gneiss-schist (Metamorphic rock)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Iron(II,III) oxide, Fe3O4)
Diopside (likely Chromian Diopside)
Diopside, part of Clinopyroxene family of inosilicates. Chemical formula: CaMgSi2O6. The green variety is often Chromian Diopside due to chromium impurities.
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Schist)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Milky Quartz/White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium impurities
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Moonstone with Black Tourmaline
Feldspar (KAlSi3O8) with inclusions of Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Specular Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Rhodolite Garnet
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 - Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 (Pyrope-Almandine series)
Peacock Ore (Bornite/Chalcopyrite)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4) or Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Quartz (Drusy/Crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Quartz (potentially Dumortierite-included)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Quartz Sand Gravel
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz / Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite / Ca5(PO4)3F
Hypersthene
Enstatite (Hypersthene variety), (Mg,Fe)SiO3
Muscovite Mica
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Feldspar (specifically Orthoclase)
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Mica (Lepidolite or Muscovite)
Phyllosilicate mineral (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 for Muscovite)
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Biotite (Mica)
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Peacock Ore
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
Epidote in Quartz (Epidosite)
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Magnetite with Quartz
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Rock containing Lazurite, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Milky Quartz
Quartz / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Gneiss
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer) / Perthitic Igneous Rock
Gneiss
Metamorphic Gneiss
Epidote
Calcium aluminum iron silicate hydroxide (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Garnet Rhyolite
Rhyolite (high-silica volcanic rock) with almandine/spessartine garnet