Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Crystal on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite / Iron Ore
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Quartzite with inclusions or a banded chert
Quartzite or Chert
Quartz (Microcrystalline Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
N/A (Non-Geological Object)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky or Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greenstone
Greenschist (metamorphosed mafic igneous rock)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment) in Matrix
Elasmobranchii (subclass)
Thulite in Matrix
Pink Zoisite - Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)
Chalcedony or Chert/Jasper with secondary mineral staining
SiO2 (for chalcedony/quartz) with possible secondary copper minerals (e.g., CuSiO3·nH2O for chrysocolla, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 for malachite) or iron oxides/hydroxides.
Dinosaur Bone (Fossilized)
Permineralized Bone (CaCO3 or SiO2 after Hydroxylapatite)
Sandstone
Arenite
Fossil Sand Dollar (Echinoidea)
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea (likely Dendraster or Scutella)
Healer's Gold (Pyrite and Magnetite in Schist)
Magnetite (Fe3O4) and Pyrite (FeS2) in Mica Schist
Spinosaurid Dinosaur Tooth
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (fossilized)
Spinosaurus Tooth
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (fossilized in Hydroxyapatite)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Iron-rich)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite Schist)
Sodalite
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Shark Tooth Fossil
Elasmobranchii dentition (fossilized)
Granite
Granite (silica-rich intrusive igneous rock)
Garnet
Garnet Group (Silicate mineral); general formula X3Y2(SiO4)3
Granite (Micro-specimen)
Plutonic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Titanium, Iron, or Manganese
Amethyst Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Amethyst
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with iron impurities)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Titanium or Manganese
Quartz with Schorl inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Sodium Iron Aluminum Borosilicate Hydroxide (Black Tourmaline)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fuchsite in Quartz
Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) in Quartz (SiO2)
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Copper Ore with Chrysocolla/Malachite
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate (Chrysocolla) / Copper carbonate hydroxide (Malachite)
Amazonite
Microcline (KAlSi3O8) with lead impurities