Quartz (Smoky Quartz / Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Quartz (Smoky Quartz / Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Lemon Quartz (or Yellow Calcite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Himalayan Salt Lamp
Halite (NaCl) with trace impurities
Sunstone
Plagioclase Feldspar (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8
Botryoidal Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Kunzite
Spodumene (LiAlSi2O6)
Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Limonite
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Hematite)
Blue Apatite
Apatite group (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Chondrite Meteorite
Ordinary Chondrite (L or H type)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chrysocolla on Quartz
Chrysocolla (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O) with Quartz (SiO2)
Amethyst (Hematoid Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Iron inclusions
Jasper (Petrified Wood variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8) - Potassium Aluminum Silicate
Amethyst (Geode Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide with iron impurities (SiO2)
Fairburn Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tanzanite (Rough)
Blue Zoisite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH))
Rutilated Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) inclusions
Himalayan Pink Salt (Halite)
Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)
Emerald with Matrix (Emerald in Mica Schist)
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Agate
SiO2
Auriferous Quartz with Pyrite
Gold-bearing Quartz (SiO2 + FeS2 + Au)
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 with iron impurities)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Granitic Pegmatite
Pegmatite (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Muscovite mica)
Amazonite
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) with Chromium and/or Vanadium impurities
Quartz with inclusions (likely Tourmaline or Biotite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron-rich Gossan/Laterite)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated Iron Oxide)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cement
Agate Geode
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony
Fossilized Shark Tooth
Carcharocles sp. (likely Lemon or Sand Tiger)
Banded Agate
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Schist
Mica Schist (Metamorphic Rock)
Greenschist
Chlorite schist
Sandstone (likely Arkose or Quartz Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chrysocolla (with Quartz and Azurite)
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral [Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·n(H2O)]
Fossilized Bone
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone
Tumbled agate (probable moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron/manganese dendritic inclusions