Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Category
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Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Quartz (Crystal Point/Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rough Quartz (likely Milky or Smoky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Olivine in Quartz/Feldspar Matrix (Peridotite or Granitic Pegmatite)
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Olivine) with Quartz / Feldspar
Polished brown mineral fragment, likely quartz-rich iron-stained material
Possibly quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Quartz (Rock Crystal) with minor impurities
Quartz (SiO2)
Amber with dark mineral/organic inclusions
Fossilized plant resin (amber; chiefly polymerized diterpenoid resin)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Native Copper
Native Copper (Cu)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Uncertain blue-white mineral fragment
Possibly calcite or quartz; identification is limited because the specimen is tiny and partly translucent
Pink Tumbled Agate
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky quartz with iron staining
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Green Fluorite (Botryoidal/Massive)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Orbicular Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered pegmatite or feldspar-rich granite fragment
Granitic pegmatite, composed mainly of potassium feldspar and quartz, with minor mica; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride - CaF2)
Rainbow Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Limonite
Limonite (FeOO·nH2O)
Limonite (Ironstone Concretion)
Hydrous ferric oxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Olivine (Peridot)
Olivine (Magnesium Iron Silicate, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
Calcite specimen
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃), likely botryoidal or drusy calcite
Milky quartz (rough quartz specimen)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Fluorite on Matrix
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite (likely Fluorite on Quartz/Matrix)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrous ferric oxide)
Quartzite or Quartz Vein Material
SiO2
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite Concretion
FeO(OH)qnH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide mixture)
Granite
Granite (felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Banded gneiss
Gneiss; typically quartz–feldspar–mica assemblage
Fluorite (Rainbow, Purple-Blue Tumbled)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Painted Rock / Geode Specimen
Silicon Dioxide with artificial pigment coating