Serpentine (Nephrite-like River Cobble)
Serpentinite (Hydrous Magnesium Iron Silicate)
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Serpentine (Nephrite-like River Cobble)
Serpentinite (Hydrous Magnesium Iron Silicate)
Serpentine
Antigorite / Lizardite / Chrysotile (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 (Magnesium-rich Tremolite-Actinolite)
Quartzite Pebble (River Rock)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Cobble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Blue Quartzite (Aventurine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Dumortierite or Magnesio-riebeckite
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Unakite
Unakite (Epidotized Granite)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Greenstone
Greenschist (metamorphosed mafic igneous rock)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz (River Siltstone Quartzite Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Tiger's Eye (specifically Blue Tiger's Eye / Falcon's Eye)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Epidosite (Unakite-related)
Epidosite (predominantly Epidote, Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)3(OH))
Aventurine (Green)
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Quartzite Pebble (with Iron Inclusions)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeOOH impurities)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals, (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4)
Burmese Jadeite (Water Jade)
Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite Cobble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Garnet-Bearing Gneiss
Almandine-Garnet Gneiss
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Quartzite with Quartz Vein
Quartzite (SiO2)
Soapstone (Steatite)
Steatite (primarily Talc: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
River Cobble (Quartzite and Iron-stained Quartz)
Quartzite (SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)