Red Sandstone (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Quartz Arenite / Arkose with Hematite Cement
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Red Sandstone (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Quartz Arenite / Arkose with Hematite Cement
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Diorite
Phaneritic Intermediate Plutonic Rock (Diorite)
Quartzite (Tumbled Pebble)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Septarian Nodule (Galt)
Calcareous concretion / Septarian concretion
Liesegang Ring Siltstone
Siltstone with iron oxide Liesegang bands
Basalt with Vesicular Texture (Beach Cobble)
Vesicular Basalt (Aphanitic Igneous Rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (mainly SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Detrital sedimentary rock)
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium) CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Ferruginous Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon Content: 86%-97%)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pegmatite (Granitic)
Granitic Pegmatite containing Quartz, Feldspar, and Tourmaline (Schorl)
Septarian Nodule (Dragon Stone)
Septarian concretion (Complex of Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone/Clay)
Gastropod Steinkern (Fossil Snail Internal Mold)
Class Gastropoda (Internal Mold)
Quartzite River Rock (with Quartz Vein)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Hematite) coating
Bauxite (Laterite Clay)
Bauxite (mixture of Hydrous Aluminum Oxides: Gibbsite Al(OH)3, Boehmite and Diaspore AlO(OH))
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Aventurine (a variety of quartz, SiO₂, with common inclusions of fuchsite)
Citrine Geode Fragment
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Impurities), SiO2
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Rhodonite
Manganese silicate (MnSiO3)
Quartzite Pebble (Beach Stone)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Ironstone (likely Limonite or Goethite)
Ferruginous sedimentary rock (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Serpentine
Serpentine Group (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Ironstone with Pyrite
Ferruginous Sandstone (Fe2O3) with minor Sulfide minerals (FeS2)
Diorite (possibly fine-grained variety or a related intermediate intrusive rock like a felsic gabbro or a dark granodiorite)
Diorite (Igneous rock, intrusive, intermediate composition)
Unakite (or Epidotized Granite)
Epidotized Granite (Composition: KAlSi3O8, Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH), SiO2)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite - K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2
Orthoclase Feldspar (or K-Feldspar)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Serpentine
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (SiO2)
Red Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Grey Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Fossilized Coral
Scleractinian Anthozoa (Fossilized Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Serpentine
Antigorite/Lizardite (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4