Green aventurine quartzite (likely)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with possible fuchsite, chlorite, or epidote
metamorphic
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Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Gneiss Pebble
Gneiss (Metamorphic Foliated Rock)
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Quartz Vein in Hematitic Siltstone
Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) in Ferriferous Matrix
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss (foliated metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic high-grade rock)
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Gneiss (with Quartzite and Biotite)
Gneiss containing SiO2 (Quartz), K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 (Biotite), and (K,Na,Ca)AlSi3O8 (Feldspar)
metamorphic
Granitic Gneiss Pebble
Gneiss (felsic metamorphic rock)
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock predominantly containing quartz, feldspar, and mica)
metamorphic
Labradorite
Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8)
mineral
Serpentine (possibly New Jade)
Serpentine group, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
metamorphic
Gneiss (Granulite / Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
metamorphic
Greenstone
Greenschist-facies basaltic rock
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss
metamorphic
Garnet Gneiss
Gneiss containing almandine-pyrope garnet
metamorphic
Milky Quartz with Nephrite Jade
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
mineral/metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneiss
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Gneiss
Metamorphic rock (Gneiss)
metamorphic
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
mineral
Granite Gneiss with Garnet
Garnetiferous Gneiss
metamorphic
Magnetite Orthorthotropic Rock
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
mineral
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
mineral
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
metamorphic
Quartz Veined Rock (Likely Graywacke or Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) veins in Metasedimentary matrix
metamorphic
Unidentified weathered rock fragments
Likely mixed silicate rocks; specific identification requires testing
mineral
Black Sand (Magnetite Sand)
Magnetite-rich Placers (Fe3O4)
sedimentary
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
metamorphic
Gneiss Pebble
Gneiss
metamorphic
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss
metamorphic
Gneiss with Quartz Veining
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
metamorphic
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
metamorphic
Carved serpentine wing sculpture
Serpentine-group rock, chiefly antigorite/lizardite: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
metamorphic
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
metamorphic
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
metamorphic
Nephrite Jade
Tremolite-Actinolite solid solution Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
metamorphic
Gneiss
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
metamorphic
Pink Gneiss / Pink Granite Gneiss
Felsic Gneiss (dominated by Orthoclase Feldspar and Quartz)
metamorphic
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
metamorphic