Sandstone
Arenite (primarily composed of SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
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Sandstone
Arenite (primarily composed of SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Anyolite (Ruby in Zoisite)
Zoisite with inclusions of Hornblende and Ruby (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH))
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Red Sandstone (Old Red Sandstone)
Ferruginous Sandstone (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Garnet-Bearing Schist
Almandine Garnet Micaceous Schist
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Unakite
Unakite (altered granitic rock)
Moonstone
Adularia or Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8) or Albite (NaAlSi3O8), specifically with lamellar exsolution of albite and orthoclase.
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with primary clasts 0.0625 to 2 mm)
Blue Quartz (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of crocidolite or dumortierite
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone (primarily composed of clay minerals and quartz grains)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (Hydrated Iron Oxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Banded Gneiss with Quartz Vein
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Gneiss)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Bumblebee Jasper (technically Bumblebee Stone)
Calcite, Aragonite, and Realgar/Orpiment mixture (SiO2 + CaCO3 + As2S3/As2S2)
Sandstone (with potential iron-oxide staining)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Greenschist (Greenstone)
Greenschist (Metamorphic rock containing chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Slate
Slate (Foliated metamorphic rock)
Basalt
Basalt
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz Vein / Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Gneiss
High-grade Metamorphic Gneiss
Sandstone
Arenite (composed mainly of SiO2)
Sandstone (Red Sandstone / River Stone)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxide cementation)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Schist (Biotite Schist)
Biotite-bearing Schist (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Garnet in Matrix (likely Almandine in Quartz/Mica Schist)
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) in Quartz-Feldspar host rock
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals: (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4)
Yellow Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Gneiss (specifically a weathered or stream-worn specimen)
Gneiss (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)