Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
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Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Rhodonite
Manganese silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Biotite or Phlogopite Mica
K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Quartz vein fragment
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely milky to translucent quartz with iron-oxide or clay inclusions
Likely quartz-rich stone (possibly milky quartz or quartzite)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), or quartzite if interlocking grains are present
River Stone (possibly Gneiss)
Metamorphic Gneiss
Greenschist
Greenschist facies metamorphic rock; commonly chlorite–actinolite–epidote schist
Orthoclase Feldspar
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Garnet (Almandine variety)
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Magnetite (Lodestone variant potential)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Likely dark green-gray metamorphic pebble
Indeterminate; possibly chlorite schist, serpentinite, or amphibolite
Banded gneiss
Quartz–feldspar gneiss, possibly biotite-bearing; exact identification requires testing
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Sunstone / Peach Moonstone (Feldspar variety)
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Muscovite Mica
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Banded gneiss
Foliated silicate rock, typically quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss
Ruby (Corundum)
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
Prehnite
Prehnite, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Limonite/Goethite
Polished Hematite Tower
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Banded Metamorphic Rock
Gneiss or Schist
Green Aventurine
SiO2
Gneiss (with Mica and Quartz)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Fuchsite
Fuchsite (a variety of Muscovite mica, K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Weathered foliated metamorphic rock, likely schist or phyllite
Micaceous quartz–feldspar schist/phyllite; exact identification requires microscopy or testing
Gneissic Schist
Gneiss-schist (Metamorphic rock)
Pyrite
Iron sulfide (FeS2)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite - K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Blue Quartz (Blue Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2)
Tumbled Moonstone
Feldspar (Orthoclase/Albite), KAlSi3O8
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Magnetic Sand Grain / Magnetite Pellet
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Schist with Quartz Veins
Schist with Quartz (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite (Potassium Aluminum Silicate) - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Magnetite (Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Quartz with Schist Matrix
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in micaceous schist
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Pyrope)
Granitic Pegmatite
Granitic Pegmatite (principally Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, and Mica)
Gneiss with Quartz Vein
Metamorphic Gneiss with Quartz (SiO2) and Feldspar Injection