Carnelian (Agate)
Carnelian (Silica, SiO2)
Category
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Carnelian (Agate)
Carnelian (Silica, SiO2)
Blue Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
Purple Turquoise (Composite Mojave Turquoise)
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrated copper aluminum phosphate composite)
White Howlite
Howlite (Hydrated calcium borosilicate, Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Faceted Glass (Costume Jewelry)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide with colorants (Glass)
Green Banded Agate
Agate (Variety of Chalcedony/Quartz), SiO2
Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
Blue Lace Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with trace minerals
Silver Flakes in Glass
Silver (Ag)
Carnelian (orange chalcedony)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), iron-colored variety
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made)
Blue opalite glass cabochon (likely imitation opal)
Man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral
Corundum (Pink Sapphire / Ruby)
Al2O3 (Aluminum Oxide)
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material
Polished dendritic agate or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Agate
Banded Chalcedony (SiO2)
Diamond (in jewelry setting)
Diamond (C - Carbon)
Blue-green fluorite (likely tumbled/polished)
Fluorite, calcium fluoride (CaF₂)
Orange chalcedony / carnelian with drusy quartz
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony; iron-colored variety often called carnelian), with possible calcite or quartz matrix
Carnelian
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide, variety of Chalcedony)
Red glassy gemstone, possibly garnet
Unidentified red transparent material; garnet group (X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃) is a possibility
Tumbled honey-yellow quartz/chalcedony, possibly dyed
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony or quartz with iron-oxide coloration
Yellow calcite (likely polished/tumbled)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Tumbled yellow chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely yellow jasper or chalcedony
Banded Agate (Pink/White)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety of Chalcedony
Polished leopard jasper
Rhyolitic jasper/chalcedony aggregate, commonly sold as leopard jasper
Tumbled chalcedony (likely blue-gray agate)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony/agate variety
Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Polished fossil coral (likely fossilized honeycomb or tabulate coral)
Fossilized tabulate coral; commonly Favosites or related genera, preserved mainly as calcite (CaCO₃)
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled carnelian/chalcedony
Orange chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-bearing
Polished serpentine (likely greenstone)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite: Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Black-and-white agate geode pendant
Agate (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), likely a hollow geode slice with chalcedony and drusy quartz
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Carnelian (Orange Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Agate (Polished Nodule)
Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland cement and mineral aggregate
Citrine Quartz carving
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)