Polished red jasper
Jasper, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
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Polished red jasper
Jasper, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Red jasper (likely polished/tumbled)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Red jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Polished red jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by hematite/goethite
Fancy Jasper (Agate/Chert mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Yellow Jasper
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2 with Iron Hydroxide inclusions)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque, iron-bearing variety of microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Polished carnelian agate
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Polished/tumbled brown stone, likely brown jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probably jasper/chert; exact identification requires testing
Polished brecciated jasper (likely mookaite or similar jasper)
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂); exact variety cannot be confirmed from the image
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Black Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled orange-brown chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Polished/tumbled yellow-brown chert (likely jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, iron-oxide colored
Iron-stained chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely colored by iron oxides/hydroxides
Likely labradorite-bearing pebble; the label also says “carnelian,” but that identification is uncertain
Labradorite, a plagioclase feldspar: approximately (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈
Banded chert (jasper-like chert)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained chert
Flint or chert fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly termed chert or flint
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Red Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Likely tumbled jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), variably colored by iron oxides
Banded chert or siliceous mudstone
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; possibly ferruginous shale
Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Grey Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper
Dalmatian Stone (comprised of Feldspar, Quartz, and Arfvedsonite)
Amethyst geode slice
Quartz (SiO₂), purple variety amethyst; commonly a volcanic vesicle geode
Quartz (Chert/Chalcedony variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled brown stone, likely chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probable chert/jasper
Iron-stained Quartz / Chalcedony Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Blue-gray chalcedony (likely agate/jasper fragment)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Chert
Silicon Dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, $SiO_2$)
Geode
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz/Chalcedony) in carbonate or volcanic host rock
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Landscape Jasper
SiO2
Red jasper (likely iron-rich chert)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored by hematite/goethite
Gray Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silica with Hematite impurities), SiO2