Tiger's Eye
Tiger's Eye (a variety of Chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline quartz with fibrous inclusions of oxidized crocidolite)
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Tiger's Eye
Tiger's Eye (a variety of Chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline quartz with fibrous inclusions of oxidized crocidolite)
Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6)
Calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃, Calcium Carbonate)
Pebble (likely a type of sandstone or quartzite pebble)
Clastic Sediment (specifically, a rudite-sized clast). If the pebble is composed of a specific rock type, its scientific name would be that rock type (e.g., 'Quartzite pebble', 'Granite pebble', 'Chert pebble'). Given its appearance, it is likely a metamorphic quartzite pebble or a hard sandstone pebble.
Jade
Jade can refer to two distinct minerals: Nephrite (a variety of the mineral actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) and Jadeite (Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6). Based on the image, showing a relatively uniform green color and possibly slight translucence in bead form, it is very likely one of these, but determining which one from a photo is difficult without specific testing.
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with included minerals (Fuchsite for green)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock type, not a single mineral; main component is Lazurite (Na,Ca)8[(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2|(Al6Si6O24)])
Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 - a variety of actinolite, an amphibole mineral); Jadeite (Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6 - a pyroxene mineral)
Ruby in Zoisite
Ruby (Corundum, Al2O3) in Zoisite (Calcium aluminum silicate hydroxide, Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)) with some Hornblende
Quartz
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
Schist
Schist (various mineral compositions)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (typically quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole composition)
Slate
Slate (a fine-grained, foliated metamorphic rock). Mineral composition: Primarily composed of mica minerals (muscovite, chlorite, sericite) and quartz, with minor amounts of hematite, pyrite, and other accessory minerals.
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (pronounced 'nice')
River Pebble (Likely Chert or Fine-Grained Sandstone/Quartzite)
Siliciclastic clast (likely Chert or Quartzarenite/Quartzite pebble)
Jade (likely Nephrite or Jadeite)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Tiger's Eye (commonly referred to as Blue/Gold Tiger's Eye)
Tiger's Eye is a variety of Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2, exhibiting chatoyancy. The blue variety is often called Hawk's Eye.
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 in Schistose matrix)
Serpentine
Serpentinite (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Dyed Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz (SiO2) with synthetic pigment
Garnet (Almandine/Pyrope series)
Garnet Group - X3Y2(SiO4)3
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite (Yellow/Orange variety)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Painted River Rock
Painted Quartzite or Smooth Siltstone
Epidote
Epidote ({Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH))
Serpentine
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Sandstone or Quartzite
Arenite (if sedimentary) / Quartzite (if metamorphic)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Milky Quartz with Chlorite Schist Inclusions
Quartz (SiO2) with Chlorite Group silicates (typically (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet-bearing Mica Schist
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite / KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Garnet Schist
Garnetiferous Micaceous Schist
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite-Garnet Rock)
Serpentine
Antigorite/Lizardite/Chrysotile group, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Metaconglomerate
Metaconglomerate (Quartzite conglomerate)
Auriferous Quartz (Gold-bearing Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Gold (Au) and Iron Oxides
Serpentine
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4