Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Rose Quartz and Pegmatite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with ferric iron impurities
Emerald in Matrix
Emerald (Beryllium Aluminum Silicate - Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amazonite
Microcline (KAlSi3O8) with Pb impurities
Quartz (Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sunstone
Plagioclase Feldspar (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8
Fire Opal (in Matrix)
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Turquoise in Matrix
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sunstone
Oligoclase (Plagioclase Feldspar), (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8
Amethyst
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide with Iron impurities), SiO2
Amazonite
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium aluminum silicate - blue-green variety of Microcline)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Amazonite
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Prehnite
Prehnite, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Green Quartz (Prasiolite)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Mineral
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green glassy stone, possibly aventurine or green jade
Unidentifiable from the image; possible quartz-rich aventurine (SiO₂) or jadeite/nephrite
Tumbled smoky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), colored by irradiation and trace aluminum
Amazonite
Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Cabochon gemstone ring, likely smoky quartz or tourmaline
Unconfirmed quartz (SiO₂) or brown tourmaline (dravite); visual identification is inconclusive
Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red garnet cabochon pendant
Likely almandine garnet, iron-rich garnet-group silicate (often approximated as Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃); identification from the image is uncertain.
Blue-green opal, likely polished common or synthetic opal
Opal (hydrated amorphous silica, SiO₂·nH₂O); identification from the image is uncertain
Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Amazonite
Microcline (KAlSi3O8)
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3) with Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sunstone
Plagioclase Feldspar (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amazonite
Microcline (KAlSi3O8)
Prehnite
Prehnite - Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Prehnite with Epidote
Prehnite (Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) with Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Bicolor or Tricolor Tourmaline
Elbaite (Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8)
Amethyst Geode
Amethyst/Purple Quartz (SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8) - Potassium Aluminum Silicate