Limestone (specifically Dolomitic Limestone)
Calcium Magnesium Carbonate (CaMg(CO3)2)
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Limestone (specifically Dolomitic Limestone)
Calcium Magnesium Carbonate (CaMg(CO3)2)
Yellow Apatite Sphere (Polished)
Fluorapatite / Ca5(PO4)3F
Gneiss (specifically a water-worn pebble)
Gneiss
Grey River Stone (Quartz-rich Quartzite/Siltstone)
Quartzite / Meta-siltstone (primarily SiO2)
Folded Schist / Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Regional Metaphoric Folded Outcrop (predominantly Schist/Gneiss)
Clear Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss (Metamorphic silicate rock)
Quartz (likely tumbled or naturally water-worn)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Porphyry (specifically Porphyritic Basalt or Andesite)
Porphyritic extrusive igneous rock (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Olivine inclusions/Plagioclase Feldspar)
Quartz (Clear / Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (specifically Citrine or Yellow Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Fuchsite
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 (Chromium-rich Muscovite)
White Jade / White Chalcedony
Nephrite Jade (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Chalcedony (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock type, not a single mineral; main component is Lazurite (Na,Ca)8[(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2|(Al6Si6O24)])
Tiger's Eye (Brown/Dark variety)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with inclusions)
Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions of crocidolite
Quartz (in a rock matrix)
Quartz (SiO2)
Basalt (Amygdaloidal)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Quartz (Specifically Clear to Smoky Quartz point)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt
Basalt (primarily composed of Plagioclase feldspar and Pyroxene)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Green Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Goethite
Goethite (FeO(OH))
Pumice (Volcanic Rock)
Vesicular volcanic rock (composed largely of amorphous volcanic glass)
Agate (specifically, multi-colored or pastel-dyed agate)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - specifically, a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz known as Chalcedony, with banding classified as Agate. (If it were Fluorite, the chemical formula would be Calcium Fluoride - CaF2).
Basalt (Vesicular)
Extrusive mafic igneous rock; primarily (Ca, Na)(Mg, Fe, Al)(Si, Al)2O6 with (Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Ruby in Fuchsite
Corundum (Al2O3) in Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine (variety of Quartz - SiO2)
Specular Hematite
Specularite (Fe2O3)
Bauxite
Bauxite (Mixture of Hydrous Aluminum Oxides)
Soapstone
Steatite (composed primarily of Talc: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Quartz (specifically Milky or Clear Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss (specifically Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (Hydrous iron(III) oxide-hydroxide mixture, primarily FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Diorite
Phaneritic intermediate plutonic rock
Jadeite Jade
NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)