Green Quartzite (River Stone)
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions (typically Fuchsite or Chlorite)
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Green Quartzite (River Stone)
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions (typically Fuchsite or Chlorite)
Green Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz (SiO2) with Chromium-rich inclusions (Fuchsite)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (primarily clay minerals and micas)
River Pebble (Gneiss or Quartzite variant)
Course-grained Metamorphic Rock (likely SiO2 dominant)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]Sn (Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock)
Lapis Lazuli (Raw)
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock; Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S
Slate with Pyrite Inclusions
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (with Iron Sulfide FE-S2)
Slate with Quartz Vein
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Mainly Quartz, Muscovite, Chlorite)
Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions (Quartzite)
Ruby in Fuchsite (often sold as Ruby in Zoisite)
Corundum (Al2O3) in Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Dragon Blood Jasper (Epidote with Piedmontite or Quartz)
Epidote-rich Quartzite / SiO2 with (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH))
Serpentine
Serpentine group, including Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Shale
Lutaceous sedimentary rock
Jasper (with orbicular/unakitoid tendencies)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and epidote inclusions
Pink Jade (Dyed Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - primarily Quartzite or Quartz
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Fuchsite on Quartz
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) with Chromium impurities
Iolite (Cordierite)
Cordierite (Magnesium iron aluminum cyclosilicate), Mg2Al4Si5O18
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Nuummite
Nuummite (Orthoamphibole rock composed of Anthophyllite and Gedrite, (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2)
Yellow Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Red Quartzite River Stone
Quartzite (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Soapstone
Steatite (composed primarily of Talc, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
Garnet Rhyolite
Rhyolite (high-silica volcanic rock) with almandine/spessartine garnet
Almandine Garnet & Tumbled Citrine Quartz
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 (Garnet) and SiO2 (Quartz)
White Marble (Tumbled)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Blue Quartzite (Aventurine)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2) with inclusions of Dumortierite or Magnesio-riebeckite
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Schist (Garnet-Mica Schist)
Garnetiferous Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite/Biotite and Almandine Garnet)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Unakite (Tumbled)
Unakite (altered granite)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) containing Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Ruby in Zoisite (Anyolite)
Anyolite (Combination of Corundum and Zoisite)