Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Category
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Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Limonite with Trace Fossils
Hydrous Iron Oxide Mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Greenstone
Protolith of basalt, diabase, or gabbro; often contains minerals like chlorite, actinolite, and epidote
Polished septarian nodule
Calcite–aragonite–barite septarian concretion, commonly in a claystone or limestone matrix
Weathered brown rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly ferruginous sandstone or weathered volcanic rock
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals like Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Polished Picasso jasper
Silicified carbonate rock, commonly marketed as Picasso jasper; composition varies and is not a single mineral species
Kambaba Jasper
Stromatolite / Fossilized Algae (Rhyolitic structure)
Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Unakite
Unakite (epidote-bearing altered granite; mainly pink potassium feldspar, green epidote, and quartz)
Granite
Granite (a common rock type, not a single mineral; composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar (Orthoclase and Plagioclase), and Mica (Biotite and/or Muscovite) and/or Amphibole)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride - CaF2)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite - K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Green Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite (Durango Fluorite)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Tumbled quartz (likely milky quartz)
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Greenstone, likely serpentinite
Serpentinite; predominantly serpentine-group minerals (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄), possibly with chlorite, talc, magnetite, or antigorite
Limonite or Goethite (Ironstone)
Hydrated Iron(III) Oxide-Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Clear Quartz Geode
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Likely tumbled quartz/chalcedony
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky quartz or pale chalcedony
Quartz geode (likely amethyst-bearing geode)
Microcrystalline quartz and drusy quartz; SiO₂, with possible iron-stained or amethyst quartz
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite (Green Fluorite)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Specular Hematite (Iron Ore)
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Polished greenstone (likely serpentine or nephrite-like material)
Serpentine-group minerals, commonly antigorite/lizardite; possible nephrite (actinolite–tremolite amphibole)
Likely petrified wood or silicified fossil fragment
Silicified wood; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Weathered sandstone
Quartz-rich clastic sandstone, commonly arkosic or feldspathic
Greenstone (Metabalt)
Chlorite-actinolite schist (Greenstone)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Tumbled gray-green metamorphic rock, likely serpentinite or chlorite schist
Serpentinite/chlorite-rich ultramafic metamorphic rock; commonly dominated by antigorite, lizardite, or chlorite with minor magnetite and talc
Polished greenstone (likely serpentinite)
Serpentinite, chiefly antigorite/lizardite Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, possibly with magnetite