Garnetiferous Pegmatite
Pegmatite with Almandine Garnet and Muscovite
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Garnetiferous Pegmatite
Pegmatite with Almandine Garnet and Muscovite
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with inclusions of Fuchsite mica)
Granite (Polished Pebble)
Phaneritic Plutonic Rock (primarily Orthoclase and Quartz)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (containing Potassium Feldspar and Quartz)
Granite
Intrusive igneous felsic rock
Banded Gneiss with Quartz Vein
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Gneiss)
Diamond (set in Gold)
Carbon (C)
Smoky Quartz on Feldspar (Granite Pegmatite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Granite Cobble
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock (Granite)
Diamond (in Jewelry Setting)
Carbon (C) - Isometric-Hexoctahedral
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Greenstone
Greenschist (Greened Metabasalt)
Diamond (or Lab-Grown Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Granite
Granite (comprised primarily of Quartz (SiO2), Feldspar (KAlSi3O8), and Mica (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2))
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (Felsic)
Granite
Granite (Mainly Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Milky Quartz with inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
River Rock (Mossy)
Stream-rounded Clast (likely Siltstone or Sandstone with bryophytes)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Geode (Unopened)
Silica Concretion / Geode (Formula: SiO2 for quartz internal contents)
Banded Slate (Sedimentary Pebble)
Slate (Metamorphosed Shale or Mudstone)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 with various cementation agents)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Granite
Granite (Mainly Quartz SiO2 and Feldspar KAlSi3O8)
Hag Stone
Perforated Sedimentary Rock (typically Limestone or Sandstone)
Gossan with Copper Carbonate (Chrysocolla/Malachite)
Ferruginous Oxide (Gossan) with Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) or (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 (Chrysocolla)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Green Aventurine
Aventurine (variety of Quartz - SiO2)
Sulfur (on Matrix)
Native Sulfur (S8)
Manganese Dendrite on Siltstone
Manganese Oxide (pyrolusite or psilomelane) Dendrites
Pink Halite (Himalayan Salt)
Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gold Ore (in Quartz/Pyrite)
Native Gold (Au) with Quartz (SiO2) and Pyrite (FeS2)
Milky Quartz with Pyrite inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)