Unidentified gray mineral/rock fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly quartz-rich material or mica-bearing schist
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Unidentified gray mineral/rock fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly quartz-rich material or mica-bearing schist
Weathered quartz-rich rock fragment (possibly iron-stained quartzite)
Quartzite; primarily quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide staining and minor accessory minerals
Small quartz-rich pebble or rock fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide staining or host-rock inclusions
Muscovite mica
Muscovite, KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Osumilite in Granite Matrix
(K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30
Ruby Fuchsite / Ruby in Fuchsite
Ruby (Al2O3 variety corundum) and Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2 - a chromium-rich variety of muscovite mica) in Quartz matrix
Garnet in Matrix
Almandine or Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3) in Schist or Eclogite matrix
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline SiO₂, with minor mica and iron-oxide impurities
Kyanite
Kyanite, Al₂SiO₅
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite River Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite River Rock
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Foliated Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Yellow Quartzite Pitting Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
River Cobble (Quartzite or Chert)
Metamorphic Quarzite (SiO2)
Quartzite River Rock
Metamorphic Rock (Quartzite)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Red Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite with inclusions
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Schist
Schist (Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartz Sandstone
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite with Quartz Crystal Vug
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Gneiss
Metamorphic Foliated Gneiss
Quartzite Pebble (with mineral veining)
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite with Quartz Veins
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite pebble
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Slate
Slate (Metamorphic Rock)