Tumbled carnelian
Carnelian, orange-red variety of cryptocrystalline chalcedony (SiO₂)
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Tumbled carnelian
Carnelian, orange-red variety of cryptocrystalline chalcedony (SiO₂)
Blue-green mineral specimen, likely fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), tentative identification
Goethite
Goethite (α-FeO(OH))
Tumbled blue-gray chalcedony (likely blue agate)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz (White/Milky Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Likely serpentinized ultramafic rock (serpentinite)
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, possibly with magnetite, chromite, and brucite
Quartz cluster, possibly druzy quartz on matrix
Quartz (SiO₂), likely microcrystalline to coarse crystalline; associated matrix uncertain
Limonite with Hematite
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) and Hematite (Fe2O3)
Likely slate fragment
Slate; fine-grained foliated metamorphic rock, commonly quartz–mica–chlorite rich
Diamond
Carbon (C) - Native Element
Likely milky quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly with iron-oxide or mica inclusions
Vesicular basalt (likely weathered lava rock)
Vesicular basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and volcanic glass, with possible iron-oxide alteration
Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Rough Apatite in Matrix
Fluorapatite / Chlorapatite / Hydroxylapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile; (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4
Rock crystal quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Emerald
Beryl (Be₃Al₂(SiO₃)‑₆) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Azurite–malachite-bearing copper ore
Azurite (Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂) with malachite (Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂), in a copper-rich host rock
Granite Pebble
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Quartz with Chlorite or Epidote inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Honey calcite (likely)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Greenish Metamorphic Rock (likely containing epidote or chlorite)
Metamorphic rock, possibly epidosite or greenstone
Weathered serpentinite (likely)
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with possible magnetite, carbonate, and chromite
Quartz Vein in Rhyolite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in extrusive igneous rock
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Quartz vein rock with iron-stained matrix
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with limonite/goethite and minor feldspar or mica
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite (mostly microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), possibly mica-bearing
Tumbled serpentine
Serpentinite; chiefly antigorite, lizardite, and/or chrysotile serpentine-group minerals
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (SiO2 rich)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Dark volcanic rock, likely basalt
Basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and alteration minerals
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Dyed or color-enhanced agate/microcrystalline quartz bead
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), likely agate
Blue-green raw mineral specimen, likely apatite
Fluorapatite, Ca₅(PO₄)₃F (probable; visual identification only)
Gneiss
Gneiss (a rock type, not a specific mineral with a formula)
Granite (likely biotite granite)
Coarse-grained felsic plutonic rock: quartz + feldspar + biotite; approximate composition SiO₂-rich
Dalmatian Jasper (Dalmatian Stone)
Perthitic Feldspar with Arfvedsonite/Riebeckite
Black Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (predominantly SiO2)
Quartz-rich pegmatite (likely feldspar–quartz rock)
Granitic pegmatite; predominantly quartz (SiO₂) and feldspar, with possible mica and iron-oxide staining
Likely tumbled basalt or vesicular volcanic rock
Basalt, possibly amygdaloidal basalt
Serpentinized ultramafic rock (likely serpentinite)
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with possible magnetite, olivine, pyroxene, and sulfides