Milky Quartz (Common Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
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Milky Quartz (Common Quartz)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Seraphinite
Clinochlore (a variety of the chlorite group)
Mica Schist
Schist (Crystalline metamorphic rock)
Quartz (Drusy/Crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Chlorite or Hornblende inclusions
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with phyllosilicate or amphibole inclusions
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Beryl (likely Emerald or Aquamarine in matrix)
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Mica Schist
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (rich in Muscovite or Biotite)
Soapstone
Steatite (composed primarily of Talc, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
Epidosite (Epidote-rich rock)
Epidotalite (primarily Ca2(Al2Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (MnSiO3)
Gneiss
Gneiss (high-grade metamorphic rock)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si‑₆O₁₈)
Orthoclase Feldspar
Orthoclase (KAlSi₃O₈)
Pyrite in Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Schist (various mineral compositions)
Ruby Zoisite
Anyolite (Composition of Green Zoisite, Black Tschermakite, and Red Corundum)
Schist (Micaceous)
Mica Schist
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Blue Quartz (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions (commonly Dumortierite)
Mica
Phlogopite or Biotite group (KMg3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2 / K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Rhodonite
Manganese silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Green Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Rhodochrosite
Manganese carbonate (MnCO3)
Magnetite Orthorthotropic Rock
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Schist
Schist (metamorphic rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (typically quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole composition)
Arsenopyrite in Quartz Matrix
Arsenopyrite (FeAsS) with Quartz (SiO2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Citrine or Yellow Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite (K(Mg,Fe++)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Pyrite (Iron Pyrites)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyromorphite on Epidote
Pyromorphite [Pb5(PO4)3Cl] and Epidote [Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)3(OH)]
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Biotite Mica
K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(F, OH)2
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist