Titanium Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with Titanium
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Titanium Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with Titanium
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Gray variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite-rich ironstone (probable magnetite ore)
Magnetite, Fe₃O₄, likely in a fine-grained ironstone matrix
Tumbled orange-brown quartz pebble
Likely iron-stained quartz or chalcedony (SiO₂)
Pyrite-bearing rock (likely pyrite schist or pyritized shale)
Pyrite (FeS₂) in a fine-grained schistose or shale matrix
Weathered quartz-bearing rock, possibly calcite vein fragment
Indeterminate; likely quartz (SiO₂) with carbonate minerals such as calcite (CaCO₃)
Small tumbled quartz-like pebble
Likely quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained chalcedony or feldspar
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Sandstone (SiO2)
Weathered sandstone or iron-stained quartzite
Quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂-dominated), possibly metamorphosed to quartzite
Quartzite Cobble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Weathered banded metamorphic rock, likely gneiss
Banded gneiss; commonly quartz–feldspar–mica assemblage
Tumbled quartz (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Likely quartz-bearing rock fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining or other mineral inclusions
Fossiliferous limestone (likely crinoidal or shell limestone)
Calcite-rich limestone; predominantly CaCO₃, with visible fossil fragments
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered quartzite pebble
Quartzite, composed predominantly of SiO₂ (quartz)
Banded gneiss
Gneiss, commonly quartz–feldspar–mica assemblage
Quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or iron-stained quartz
Quartzite (mostly SiO₂), with possible iron-oxide staining and minor feldspar/mica
Quartz-rich sandstone or quartzite fragment
Likely quartz arenite; possibly weakly metamorphosed quartzite (mostly SiO₂)
Milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (chiefly SiO2)
Quartz (Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss Pebble
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Almandine Garnet (weathered)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Weathered sandstone or iron-stained quartzite fragment
Quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂), possibly ferruginous sandstone; exact identification requires testing
Pink quartzite (probable)
Quartzite; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide impurities
Gneiss (with iron staining)
Gneiss
Banded Quartzite
Quartzite (principally SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Quartz on Ironstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite (Fe2O3)
Weathered quartz-rich pebble (tentative)
Likely quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, possibly iron-stained
Quartz Sand Grain / Micro Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rounded brown river pebble, likely sandstone or iron-rich quartzite
Probable ferruginous sandstone; possibly quartzite (SiO₂-rich)