Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
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Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Mica Schist with Quartz
Crystalline Schist (SiO2 + KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Quartz-veined Metamorphic Rock
Quartz Vein in Phyllite or Schist (SiO2 in Silicate Matrix)
Sandstone with Quartz Vein
Arenite with SiO2 intrusion
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2+KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Banded River Rock with Quartz Vein
Siltstone/Greywacke with Quartz (SiO2)
Granite
Granite
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
River Pebble (Gneiss or Granite)
Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Granitic composition)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Rhyolite or Granite matrix
Opal
Hydrated amorphous silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Rhodochrosite
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Stilbite
Stilbite-Ca (NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O)
Copper Ore (with Malachite and Azurite)
Hydroxide copper carbonate (Cu2CO3(OH)2 / Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2)
Granite Pebble
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Desert Rose
Selenite Rose (Gypsum: CaSO4·2H2O)
Celestite (Celestine)
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)
White Precious Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium), CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Basalt with Calcite Veins
Aphanitic mafic volcanic rock with CaCO3 inclusions
Ironstone Concretion (Limonite/Goethite)
Ironstone (primarily FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble type)
Ferruginous Concretion (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH))
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide with Manganese or Iron Oxide inclusions (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Turquoise
Turquoise - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Malachite
Copper carbonate hydroxide, Cu2CO3(OH)2
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3 oxides)
Turquoise (possible Dyed Magnesite/Howlite)
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sandstone (specifically Lithic or Quartz Arenite)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Sandstone (Graywacke type)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic Sandstone)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Pyrite on Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) on Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Hydrous ferric oxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Turquoise
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Red Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (primarily Quartz SiO2 with Hematite Fe2O3 staining)
Gneissic Schist
Gneiss-schist (Metamorphic rock)
Sodalite
Sodalite Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2