Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
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Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Prase quartz with actinolite inclusions
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Magnesium Iron Silicate Hydroxide inclusions
Jadeite
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Vesicular Basalt (Iron-Stained)
Mafic Volcanic Rock (Basalt)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble (Gabbro or Basalt)
Mafic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Pyroxene and Plagioclase Feldspar)
Bituminous Coal
Organic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of carbon with sulfur and hydrogen)
Blue Quartzite (Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Dumortierite or Crocidolite inclusions
Ferruginous Quartzite (also known as Ironstone or Gossan)
Ferruginous Quartzite with Goethite/Hematite staining
Orange Quartzite / Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Schist
Mica Schist
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (likely macrocrystalline variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Granitic Pegmatite with Muscovite Mica
Pegmatite (containing KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Graphite
Graphite (Native Carbon, C)
Greenstone / Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Blue Apatite
Apatite - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Coarse Sand Grain / Lithic Fragment
Clastic Sediment (Lithic fragment or Quartz/Feldspar grain)
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Green Moonstone (Garnierite)
Nickel-bearing Magnesium Silicate (often a mix of Serpentine and Talc/Chlorite groups)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (Primary mineral: Quartz, SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Agate (Laguna or Lace variety pattern)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper in Basalt Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities; Chalcedony
Magnetite (potentially as a Lodestone or within Ironstone)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Green Aventurine in Host Rock
SiO2 (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions)
Unakite (Tumbled)
Unakite (altered granite)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Epidosite (Epidote-rich rock)
Epidotalite (primarily Ca2(Al2Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Unakite
Unakite (Epidotized Granite)