Banded Onyx (Mexican Onyx / Travertine)
Calcite (CaCO3) - Banded Travertine
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Banded Onyx (Mexican Onyx / Travertine)
Calcite (CaCO3) - Banded Travertine
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (Clastic sedimentary rock, predominantly SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Quartz with Iron Oxide Inclusions
Silicon dioxide with limonite/hematite (SiO2)
Fossilized Bivalve Shell
Class Bivalvia (fossilized)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or lateritic rock
Quartz-rich sandstone with iron-oxide/hydroxide cement; possible goethite-bearing laterite
Sandstone (with potential fossil fragments)
Sandstone (SiO2 dominated with iron oxides)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite - K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Turquoise
Turquoise (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Amethyst
Quartz (SiO2)
Amethyst
Quartz (SiO2)
Amethyst (Quartz variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite / Chlorapatite [Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)]
Grape Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Biotite Schist
Biotite Schist (Metamorphic Rock featuring K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Gabbro
Gabbro (Coarse-grained Mafic Igneous Rock)
Granodiorite (or Granite) Pebble
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Pebble
Granite
Granite
Pebble
Clast (specifically a granule or small pebble)
Turquoise in Matrix
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Stone (Felsic Igneous Rock)
Purple Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock Pebble)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss / Granitic Gneiss)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (primarily composed of quartz, illite, chlorite, and micas)
Granite
Granite
Biotite Schist with Garnet
Garnet-Biotite Schist
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Primary mineral: Lazurite, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite (Ironstone Concretion)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Kyanite in Quartz
Kyanite (Al2SiO5) with Quartz (SiO2)
Blue Quartz (specifically Dumortierite Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Dumortierite (Al7BO3(SiO4)3O3)
Pink Granite
Granite (High K-Feldspar variety)
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic igneous rock (SiO2 range 65-75%)
Sunstone (variety of Feldspar)
Oligoclase Sunstone, Plagioclase Feldspar (Na,Ca)Al(Si,Al)Si2O8
Quartz Geode
Macrocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) within a geode structure
Watermelon Tourmaline in Quartz Matrix
Elbaite (complex Borosilicate) - Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4