Agate (specifically Waterline or Onyx-type Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
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Agate (specifically Waterline or Onyx-type Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Beryl (likely Aquamarine or Green Beryl)
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Tourmalinated Quartz
SiO2 with NaFe3+3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 inclusions
Greenschist / Chloritaform Schist
Chlorite Schist (Group of Silicate Minerals)
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fragment) in Matrix
Elasmobranchii (subclass)
Dinosaur Bone (Fossilized)
Permineralized Bone (CaCO3 or SiO2 after Hydroxylapatite)
Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite sheet silicates)
Blue Quartz (Dumortierite Quartz)
SiO2 containing inclusions of Dumortierite [Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3]
Greenstone (Epidote/Chlorite-rich Metabasalt)
Greenschist / Epidosite (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Granite
Granite (silica-rich intrusive igneous rock)
Fuchsite
Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Iron-rich)
Greenschist
Greenschist (composed of Chlorite, Actinolite, and Epidote)
Turquoise (possible Howlite imitation)
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Sandstone
Arenite (mainly SiO2 with varying cements)
Sandstone
Arenite
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Variscite (or potentially a turquoise/variscite matrix cabochon, or an impression jasper)
AlPO4·2H2O (Variscite) or related phosphate/silicate material depending on exact composition
Howlite and Purpurite druzy
Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Howlite) and Manganese Phosphate (Purpurite)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled Moonstone
Feldspar (Orthoclase/Albite), KAlSi3O8
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium)
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) in a Geode
Satin Spar (Satin Spar Selenite)
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)
Satin Spar (often sold as Selenite)
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Biotite)
Red Vanadinite on Matrix
Vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl)
Gneiss
Gneiss (a type of metamorphic rock)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Pink Granite
Felsic Plutonic Rock (primarily Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Shark Tooth Fossil
Elasmobranchii dentition (fossilized)
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 with iron oxide cement)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
Diamond (Pure Carbon - C)
Diamond
Diamond (C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)