Weathered iron-rich rock fragment
Indeterminate; likely limonite/goethite-bearing sandstone or laterite
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Weathered iron-rich rock fragment
Indeterminate; likely limonite/goethite-bearing sandstone or laterite
Iron-oxide-bearing rock fragment
Likely limonite/goethite with quartz or host-rock inclusions; exact identification requires testing
Possible iron-rich basalt or industrial slag
Basalt, likely Fe–Mg silicate rock; exact identification is uncertain from the blurred image
Iron-stained weathered stone (tentative)
Undetermined; possibly weathered iron-rich basalt or concretion
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Olivine in Quartz/Feldspar Matrix (Peridotite or Granitic Pegmatite)
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Olivine) with Quartz / Feldspar
Siderite Concretion
Ironstone (Siderite) Concretion, FeCO3
Tumbled basalt (vesicular volcanic stone)
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and iron oxides
Dark mafic rock, likely basalt
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and commonly olivine or iron-titanium oxides
Olivine (Peridotite / Dunite Pebble)
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Magnesium Iron Silicate)
Olivine in Basalt (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Mineral) / Scoriaceous Basalt (Host Rock)
Olivine in Basalt
Peridotite / Forsterite ((Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
Tektite (Indochinite)
Tektite (High-silica natural glass)
Likely basalt or dark volcanic rock
Fine-grained mafic igneous rock, probably basalt; exact identification requires testing
Possible iron-rich pebble or weathered basalt
Indeterminate; likely iron-stained mafic rock, possibly basalt
Pisolithic limonite/goethite pebble (ironstone)
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly goethite (α-FeO(OH)) and limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O)
Probable rough basalt or mafic igneous fragment
Fine-grained basalt, likely plagioclase–pyroxene–olivine aggregate
Likely tektite (impact glass), possibly Muong Nong-type indochinite
Natural impact glass; silica-rich glass, typically ~70–80% SiO₂
Ironstone / limonitic iron-rich rock
Goethite–hematite–limonite aggregate, commonly an ironstone concretion
Weathered iron-rich rock fragment
Indeterminate; likely basaltic or mafic rock with iron-oxide staining
Vesicular basalt (weathered lava rock)
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and commonly olivine
Native Gold Flake
Gold (Au)
Peridot (Olivine)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Olivine (Peridot)
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Peridot
Olivine ((Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
Olivine (Peridot when gem-quality)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Iron Concretion
Iron oxide concretion (Hematite or Goethite)
Likely weathered basalt or dark volcanic rock
Basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and iron oxides
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
Peridot (Olivine)
Olivine, (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Moissanite
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Olivine (Peridot when gem-quality)
Olivine Group (Magnesium Iron Silicate, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
Charnockite
Orthopyroxene-bearing granite (Charnockite)
Tektite (Indochinite)
Tektite (impactite), primarily high-silica glass (SiO2)
Tektite
Tektite (Amorphous silica rich glass)
Weathered micaceous metamorphic rock, likely schist or phyllite
Quartz–mica schist/phyllite; commonly quartz, muscovite/biotite, and feldspar
Tektite (likely indochinite)
Natural silica-rich impact glass; predominantly amorphous SiO₂ with aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, and sodium
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartz-bearing granitoid or quartz vein fragment; exact identification requires testing
Brecciated polymictic rock, possibly impact breccia
Polymictic breccia; exact lithology indeterminate from image
Moldavite
Tektite (Silica Glass - SiO2 + Al2O3, FeO, MgO, CaO, Na2O, K2O)
Lunar Highlands Breccia (Meteorite)
Lunar Feldspathic Breccia
Olivine (Peridot)
Olivine (Magnesium Iron Silicate, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)