Hag Stone
Perforated sedimentary rock (typically limestone, sandstone, or flint)
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Hag Stone
Perforated sedimentary rock (typically limestone, sandstone, or flint)
Shale with Iron Staining
Fissile Mudrock (Sedimentary Rock)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment)
Elasmobranchii gen. et sp. indet. (Calcium Phosphate / Apatite fossil)
Limonite with Hematite
Hydrated Iron(III) Oxide-Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Picture Jasper
SiO2
Pumice
Pumice (a highly vesicular volcanic glass)
Polished blue chalcedony or glass-like quartz specimen
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly treated or synthetic; exact identification requires testing
Dyed Blue Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Chalcedony (Agate Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Cobble (Quartzite)
Meta-orthoquartzite
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Magnetite (Lodestone variety)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Granite
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Pearl (with Peridot)
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) + Conchiolin; Peridot: Magnesium iron silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Hag Stone
Perforated sedimentary rock (typically sandstone or limestone)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Hagstone (Adder Stone)
Chert or Sedimentary pebble with natural perforation
Tektite (likely indochinite)
Natural silica-rich impact glass; predominantly amorphous SiO₂ with aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, and sodium
Granite
Phaneritic intrusive felsic igneous rock
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Red Sandstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Quartz Arenite)
Calcite (likely chalky calcite fragment)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Sandstone (mainly Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxides like Goethite/Hematite)
Amethyst (Rough)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Ruby (Raw/Rough)
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium trace)
Sandstone (lithic wacke)
Arenite / Lithic Wacke (mostly SiO2 with rock fragments)
Bandit Heart Pebble (Quartz-Veined Sedimentary Rock)
Quartz-veined siltstone or sandstone
Mixed Quartz and River Pebbles (Stone Collection)
Mixed assortment containing mainly Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, SiO2)
Bornite (Peacock Ore)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
Pink quartz beads (likely rose quartz)
Quartz, SiO₂; pink color commonly from trace inclusions or lattice defects
Likely polished dark pebble
Indeterminate; possibly basalt, black jasper, or a dark sulfide-rich stone
Banded Sedimentary Rock (Wishbone Stone / Banded Quartzite or Limestone)
Silicified limestone or banded sedimentary rock with mineral veins
Blue Quartzite (Aventurine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Dumortierite or Magnesio-riebeckite
Herkimer Diamond
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sodalite beads
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂, likely with minor lazurite/pyrite or calcite inclusions
Tumbled Stone
Silicon dioxide / Various silicates
Brecciated Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Colorless Gemstone (possibly Diamond or Cubic Zirconia)
C (Diamond) or ZrO2 (Cubic Zirconia)
Red Sandstone
Sandstone (Quartz Arenite / Arkose with Hematite cement)