Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Banded Chert (River Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2)
Green aventurine beads
Quartz (SiO₂), typically green quartzite/aventurine with fuchsite mica inclusions
Tumbled brown chalcedony (likely jasper or agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony with iron-oxide staining
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Aragonite/Calcite
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Moldavite
SiO2 (+ Al2O3, FeO, K2O) - Natural Tektite Glass
Milky Quartz with Chlorite/Epidote
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with phyllosilicate or sorosilicate inclusions
Tumbled purple agate (likely grape agate or amethystine chalcedony)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; purple coloration commonly from iron, manganese, or inclusions
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Rounded quartz-rich pebble
Likely milky quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite or a quartz-rich river pebble
Green tourmaline crystal (likely elbaite)
Elbaite tourmaline, a complex borosilicate: Na(Li,Al)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 with iron impurities)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)
Citrine
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pink calcite (likely)
Calcite — calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with aluminum impurities
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled blue chalcedony or pale aquamarine-like quartz
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly blue quartz; visual identification is uncertain
Golden Healer Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite inclusions
Basalt
Basalt
Likely milky quartz with iron-oxide inclusions
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Tumbled jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine or Yellow Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate Nodule / Weathered Chert
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide - Microcrystalline Quartz)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Raw Citrine (Yellow Quartz)
Citrine / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenstone
Metamorphic mafic rock (chlorite-actinolite-epidote schist)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)