Ruby (Raw Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
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Ruby (Raw Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
Moonstone (Tumbled)
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8) with inclusions of Albite
Green Moss Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2) with inclusions of hornblende or chlorite
Gossan (with secondary copper minerals)
Iron-rich oxidized rock cap (Limonite/Goethite with Malachite/Chrysocolla inclusions)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (complex metamorphic silicate rock)
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Greenschist (Metamorphic rock dominated by chlorite, actinolite, and epidote)
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
Orange Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Yellow Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Jasper
Peridot (Olivine)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Olivine
Magnesium Iron Silicate ((Mg, Fe)₂SiO₄)
Porphyritic Andesite
Andesite (with white Plagioclase phenocrysts)
Poppy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite and Iron Oxide inclusions
Jasper
Chalcedony (Microcrystalline Quartz) - SiO2
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Siltstone River Rock
Siltstone (composed of silt-sized particles, silicate minerals)
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Jasper (specifically Red Jasper or Iron-stained Chert)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Peridot (Olivine)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate ((Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Peridot (Olivine)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Quartz with Mica
SiO2 (Quartz) with Potassium aluminum silicate (Muscovite)
Moonstone
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8) with Albite (NaAlSi3O8)
Olivine
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Magnesium Iron Silicate)
Peridot (Olivine)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Olivine (Peridot when gem-quality)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate ((Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Peridot (Olivine)
Magnesium Iron Silicate (Mg, Fe)2SiO4
Peridot (Olivine)
(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Magnesium Iron Silicate)
Almandine Garnet
Iron aluminum silicate (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese Iron Magnesium Calcium Silicate)
Olivine (Peridot)
Magnesium Iron Silicate ((Mg, Fe)2SiO4)