Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2)
Category
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Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Biotite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Quartz / Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Rhodonite
Manganese silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar ((K,Na)AlSi3O8)
Moonstone (Feldspar)
Orthoclase or Oligoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Jade (Jadeite or Nephrite)
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6) or Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Muscovite Mica
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2)
Labradorite (Carved)
(Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8
Arsenopyrite
Arsenopyrite (FeAsS)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (Potassium Aluminum Silicate) - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Schorl (Black Tourmaline)
NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 (Sodium Iron Aluminum Borosilicate)
Sodalite
Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Cream Marble (Speckled)
Metamorphosed Limestone (mainly CaCO3)
Banded Agate (Carnelian variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium impurities)
Rhodonite
Manganese silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Muscovite (White Mica)
Muscovite - Potassium aluminum silicate: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Quartz (Milky/Common)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hypersthene
Enstatite (Hypersthene variety), (Mg,Fe)SiO3
Prase or Green Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with actinolite or chlorite inclusions)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium traces)
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Beryl (var. Heliodor or Aquamarine)
Beryllium Aluminum Cyclosilicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Rough Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with trace Chromium/Vanadium
Raw Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese silicate), (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Yellow Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Nephrite: Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2; Jadeite: NaAlSi2O6
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Jadeite (Jade)
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Quartz (Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote in Matrix (Unakite-related)
Epidosite (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Amazonite
Microcline (variety Amazonite) - K(AlSi3O8)
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite Cobble
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)