Gneiss
High-grade metamorphic rock (Gneiss)
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Gneiss
High-grade metamorphic rock (Gneiss)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Epidote with Magnetite/Hematite inclusions
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)3(OH)) with Iron Oxides
Sandstone (Micaceous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Mica)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Kyanite (Purple variety)
Kyanite (Al₂SiO₅)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Garnet in Schist (Garnetiferous Micaceous Schist)
Almandine Garnet, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 silicon dioxide)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Gneiss (Granitic Gneiss)
Gneiss
Aventurine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Graphite
Graphite (Native Carbon, C)
Green Aventurine (Green Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica Schist
Muscovite Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Quartz (Smoky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Blue Apatite
Apatite - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Honey Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Apatite
Apatite-(CaF), Ca5(PO4)3F
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite in Matrix (likely Quartz or Coal)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Yellow Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Blue Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz (Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Peacock Ore (Chalcopyrite)
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Gneissic Schist
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Schist/Gneiss transition)