Gneiss
High-grade Metamorphic Gneiss
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Gneiss
High-grade Metamorphic Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Apatite
Calcium phosphate fluoride/chloride, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Granite Pebble
Granite
Red Granite Pebble
Intrusive Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Granite Pebble
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Granite)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Pink Granite
Granite (Phaneritic Quartz-Feldspar rock)
Diorite
Phaneritic Intermediate Igneous Rock
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Otodus obliquus (or similar prehistoric lamniform shark tooth)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Chondrichthyes (class)
Fossilized Shell Fragment
Bivalvia or Gastropoda (Class) fragment
Turquoise and Hematite
Turquoise (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) and Hematite (Fe2O3)
Gneiss (River Cobble)
Gneiss
Banded gneiss pebble
Gneiss, composed chiefly of quartz, feldspar, and mica/amphibole
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Mineral composition: Lazurite, Calcite, Sodalite, and Pyrite)
Fluorite on Matrix
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Pyrite (or Arsenopyrite / Ore mineral aggregate)
FeS2 (Iron Sulfide)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Note regarding baguette production (not a rock)
Digital text image - Somali language
Agate / Chalcedony Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (Derived from Granite protolith)
Schist (Greenschist / Mica Schist)
Metamorphic rock rich in platy minerals (e.g., Chlorite/Mica schist)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock with Amygdules
Potassium Feldspar (Orthoclase / Microcline)
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Quartz (Druzy or Chalcedony variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Vesicular volcanic rock, likely scoria
Scoria; composition commonly basaltic to andesitic, rich in plagioclase and pyroxene
Fossilized Stingray Mouth Plate
Myliobatidae gen. et sp. indet. (e.g., Myliobatis, Aetobatus)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Granite Glacial Erratic
Intrusive Phaneritic Felsic Rock (Granite)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Greenschist (Metamorphic rock dominated by chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Limonite on Sandstone
Iron Oxyhydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O) on Quartz Sandstone
Quartz (Druzy / Crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Obsidian with Cristobalite inclusions (SiO2)
Quartz-rich pegmatite with mica and dark inclusions
Pegmatite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), with feldspar and biotite/tourmaline inclusions