Green Aventurine
SiO2
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Green Aventurine
SiO2
Fluorite and Rose Quartz
Fluorite (CaF2), Rose Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz Geode/Cluster
Quartz (SiO2)
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (MnSiO3), often with Ca, Fe, Mg, Zn
Orthoclase Feldspar (or K-Feldspar)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Quartz (on matrix)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO₂)
Bronzite
MgSiO3 (Enstatite with 10-30% FeSiO3 in solid solution)
Jade (likely Nephrite or Jadeite)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (MnSiO3)
Garnet Schist
Mica Schist with Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Quartz (likely macrocrystalline variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Blue Quartz (Dumortierite Quartz)
SiO2 with inclusions of AlAl6BSi3O18
Specular Hematite
Specularite (Fe2O3)
Dumortierite Quartz
Dumortierite (Al7BO3(SiO4)3O3 / inclusion in SiO2)
Mixed Tumbled Gemstones and River Rocks
Mixed Decorative Stones (predominantly Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 variants)
Quartz / Quartzite Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Metamorphic Rock
Quartzite or Schist host with Quartz (SiO2) intrusion
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Aventurine (Green Aventurine)
Quartz with Fuchsite Inclusions (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Pyrite
Pyrite (FeS2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz) with Fuchsite inclusions (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz (likely milky quartz or a stained variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Granite
Granite (a broadly defined plutonic igneous rock, often more specifically classified as quartz monzonite or granodiorite based on precise mineral percentages)
Green Tourmaline
Elbaite (part of Tourmaline group), Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4
Ruby Fuchsite / Ruby in Fuchsite
Ruby (Al2O3 variety corundum) and Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2 - a chromium-rich variety of muscovite mica) in Quartz matrix
Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Granite
Granite
Sunstone
Plagioclase Feldspar (specifically Oligoclase variety containing hematite or goethite inclusions)", composition: (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)2Si2O8
Quartz (likely Yellow/Orange variety, possibly Citrine or Chalcedony with iron staining)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz (milky quartz variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Orange Calcite (likely polished specimen)
Calcite
Sandstone or Quartzite
Arenite (if sedimentary) / Quartzite (if metamorphic)
Garnet
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions) - SiO2