Quartz Geode (Cracked Open Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Quartz Geode (Cracked Open Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone or Quartzite
Arenite (if sedimentary) / Quartzite (if metamorphic)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium traces)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Rough Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Chromium/Vanadium impurities)
Anthracite
Anthracite coal
Garnet in Matrix
Almandine or Spessartine Garnet in Quartz/Schist Matrix (X3Al2(SiO4)3)
Sandstone (with cross-bedding)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz: SiO2)
Quartzite River Cobble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Jade (likely Nephrite Jade based on appearance)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Kyanite in Quartz
Kyanite (Al2SiO5) with Quartz (SiO2)
Amphibolite
Amphibolite (rich in amphibole and plagioclase feldspar)
Ruby (Corundum)
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
Biotite Schist
Biotite Schist
Blue Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Charoite
(K,Sr,Ba,Na)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)2]2[Si12O18(O,OH)6]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4 · nH2O
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Pebble (river rock/beach pebble)
Pebble (clast size class)
Granite / Gneiss Complex
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Granite) or High-grade Metamorphic Rock (Gneiss)
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Tourmaline
Elbaite (Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4)
Chrome Diopside
Magnesium Calcium Silicate (MgCaSi2O6) containing Chromium impurities
Garnet in Schist (Polished Tower)
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) in Mica Schist
Crushed Limestone and Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper/Opaline variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss (Granitic Gneiss)
Gneiss
Coal (Anthracite)
Anthracite (Carbon-based organic sedimentary/metamorphic rock)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Garnet
Garnet group: X3Y2(SiO4)3 (commonly Almandine-Pyrope series)
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock ((Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Quartz (Milky/Common)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote-containing Quartz and Chlorite (SiO2 + (Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)))
Ironstone Concretion
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Agate (Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Silica or Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3:Cr)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist
Banded Slate
Slate (Metamorphosed Siltstone/Mudstone)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Schist)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock