Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Brown Pebble (River Rock)
Indeterminate (Likely Silicon Dioxide / Quartz-rich)
Shale or Argillite
Shale (sedimentary) / Argillite (metamorphic)
Schist (Micaceous Schist)
Schist (containing mainly Muscovite and Quartz)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz composition)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (Polymetamorphic Quartz-Feldspar-Mica rock)
Granite River Pebble
Granite (composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Gneiss (Granite Gneiss)
Gneiss
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of quartz, SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Schist
Mica Schist (Medium-grade metamorphic rock)
Gneiss
High-grade Metamorphic Gneiss
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock)
Greenstone with Quartz Veining
Epidiorite or Metabasalt with SiO2 (Quartz) veins
Greenstone
Greenschist (primarily composed of chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Banded Gneiss (River Cobble)
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Nuummite
Nuummite (Orthoamphibole rock / Anthophyllite-Gedrite blend)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite/Biotite)
Granite
Phaneritic Intrusive Igneous Rock (primarily composed of SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O)
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unakite (Epidotized Granite)
Unakite (Rock composed of Epidote Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH), Orthoclase KAlSi3O8, and Quartz SiO2)
Quartzite with Iron Inclusions
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Quartz)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Gneiss (Schistose)
Gneiss
Schist
Mica Schist
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock composed of silt and clay-sized particles)
Fuchsite on Quartz
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) with Chromium impurities
Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline Feldsphathic Igneous Rock
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Granite Gneiss
High-grade regional metamorphic rock (Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (derived from granitic protolith)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock predominantly containing quartz, K-feldspar, and plagioclase)
Shale
Mudstone (composed primarily of clay minerals like kaolinite, illite, and smectite, with quartz and calcite)
Sandstone (Quartzite-rich Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite (on Quartz/Host Rock)
Iron Sulfide (FeS₂)