Copper and Quartz beads
Native Copper (Cu) and Crystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Lapis Lazuli (Low Grade)
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock ((Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl,OH)2)
metamorphic
Quartz (Small Grains)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz (Small Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz on Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Pink Granite (with Potassic Feldspar and Quartz)
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock (Granite)
igneous
Copper Ore
Native Copper (Cu) often found with Chalcocite (Cu2S) or Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
mineral
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
sedimentary
Orange Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Mineral
Seashell (Calcium Carbonate)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
mineral
Red Ochre (Hematite-rich Clay)
Limonitic/Hematitic Claystone (Fe2O3 with clay minerals)
Sedimentary
Jasper or Agate with Chlorite Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite group minerals
sedimentary
Amazonite
Microcline (KAlSi3O8) with Pb impurities
mineral
Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
mineral
Leopard Skin Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
sedimentary
Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2)
mineral
Quartz (Druzy) in host rock
SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide) as Quartz, with unspecified host rock components (likely silicates and iron oxides)
Mineral
Man-made Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Glassy Residue
not a natural rock
Fossilized Bone Chunk (likely Dinosaur or Large Mammal)
Permineralized Fossil Bone
sedimentary
Limonite after Pyrite (Prophecy Stone or Ironstone Concretion)
Goethite/Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite/Marcasite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
mineral
Pyrite in Shaly Matrix
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Sandstone and Quartzite Specimens
SiO2 with varying mineral/clastic inclusions
sedimentary/metamorphic
Quartzite (River Cobble)
Quartzite (dominant mineral: Quatrz, SiO2)
metamorphic
River Pebble (Brecciated Chert/Siltstone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
sedimentary
Quartzite
Quartzite (Primary mineral: Quartz, SiO2)
metamorphic
Charoite
Charoite (Complex silicate mineral rock)
metamorphic
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
sedimentary
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with mineral cement)
sedimentary
Black Jasper
Black Jasper (Silicate mineral - SiO2)
sedimentary
Fancy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
sedimentary
Goldstone
Not a natural mineral or rock. It is an ornamental glass.
Manufactured Glass (Simulant)
Quartzite
Quartzite (Primary mineral: Quartz, SiO2)
metamorphic
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland cement and mineral aggregate
sedimentary (anthropogenic)
Schist (with Iron Oxide)
Mica Schist
metamorphic
Greywacke (River Slikenside)
Greywacke (Lithic Sandstone)
sedimentary
Fluorite
Fluoride (Calcium Fluoride - CaF2)
mineral
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
mineral
Quartz (Milky/Snow)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Pyrite in Matrix
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 predominantly)
sedimentary