Schist (Chlorite or Mica-rich)
Chlorite Schist
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Schist (Chlorite or Mica-rich)
Chlorite Schist
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Schist with Quartz Vein
Mica Schist with Crystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 (Calcium magnesium iron silicate hydroxide)
Almandine Garnet in Matrix
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Ferruginous Quartzite (Red Chert/Jasper-like)
Metamorphosed Quartzite with Hematite inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Rhodonite with Manganese Oxides
Rhodonite (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Black Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5) with carbonaceous inclusions
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) Rock
Iolite-bearing Gneiss (Cordierite)
Cordierite (Mg2Al4Si5O18) in Gneiss matrix
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Garnet
Almandine formula: Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Kyanite (in Schist Matrix)
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Fuchsite
Chromium-bearing Muscovite - K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (predominantly SiO2)
Greenstone (Epidote/Chlorite Schist)
Metabasalt (composed primarily of Epidote Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) and Chlorite (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·(Mg,Fe)3(OH)6)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace Titanium and Iron)
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Schist
Mica Schist
Greywacke (Briarcliff Schist/Gneiss)
Manhattan Schist / Fordham Gneiss complex
Staurolite (Cross Stone)
Staurolite (Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH))
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock (approx. Na6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(S,SO4,Cl)1,2)
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2)
Porcelain (White Ceramic)
Mullite-bearing Vitrified Ceramic (Major phases: Mullite Al6Si2O13, Glassy Silica SiO2)
White Jade (Mutton Fat Jade / Nephrite)
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Dragon Blood Jasper (Lizard Stone/Septarian Chalcedony)
Epidote with Black Hornblende and White Quartz mixture
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Orange Quartzite / Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (mostly SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - Muscovite component)