Sunstone
Aventurine Feldspar (Plagioclase Feldspar with inclusions)
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Sunstone
Aventurine Feldspar (Plagioclase Feldspar with inclusions)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Iron inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Banded Calcite (often commercially sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Honey Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Granite
Intrusive igneous rock (Acidic)
Turquoise (Blue Howlite / Magnesite imitation)
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (for natural Turquoise); Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 (for Howlite)
Sea Shell (Fighting Conch Fragment)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Strombus alatus fragment
Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Diamond in Kimberlite
Diamond (C in Kimberlite Matrix)
Herkimer Diamond
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Limonite (with goethite)
Hydrated Iron(III) Oxide-Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic arenite / Quartz arenite)
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag (Post-industrial byproduct)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Complex Silicate Rock)
Agate
Banded Chalcedony (SiO2)
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant like Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C) - if Diamond; Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) - if Cubic Zirconia
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Red Sandstone)
Arenite with Hematite/Limonite cement
Iron Ore (Limonite and Hematite)
Goethite/Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) and Hematite (Fe2O3)
Obsidian (Apache Tear)
Obsidian / Amorphous Volcanic Glass (main component: SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (Felsic)
Limestone (specifically Travertine or Tufa)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with Fe2O3 oxides)
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Magnetite (Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (likely a macrocrystalline variety like milky quartz or smoky quartz, given the appearance in the image)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Diamond
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Hydrous Iron Oxide (goethite, lepidocrocite)
Sandstone (likely Arkosic)
Arenite (SiO2 with KAlSi3O8)
Quartz (Yellow/Milky variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]n(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2 (Lazurite and other associated minerals)
Smoky Quartz in Matrix (Pegmatite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium Feldspar and Biotite mica
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Corundum
Corundum (Aluminium oxide, Al2O3)
Quartzite with Sandstone/Iron staining
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Agate (Polished Nodule)
Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Limonite (Pseudomorph after Pyrite/Marcasite)
Hydrated Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Sandstone (lithic/greywacke variant)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with rock fragments)