Garnet Schist
Garnet-bearing Mica Schist
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Garnet Schist
Garnet-bearing Mica Schist
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Rough Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Aventurine (Green Quartz)
Silicon dioxide with inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Auriferous Quartz (Gold-bearing Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Gold (Au) and Iron Oxides
Citrine
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Schist
Mica Schist
Gneiss with Quartz Vein
Metamorphic Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Pebble)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Weathered garnet-bearing gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss with almandine garnet, chiefly Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Quartz-veined Metamorphic Rock
Quartz-veined Schist or Gneiss
Mixed Mineral Assortment (Pyrite, Kyanite, Agate, Jasper)
FeS2 (Pyrite), Al2SiO5 (Kyanite), SiO2 (Agate/Jasper)
Rough Apatite in Matrix
Fluorapatite / Chlorapatite / Hydroxylapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Quartz in Matrix (Lepidolite or Quartzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
Sunstone
Aventurine Feldspar (Plagioclase Feldspar with inclusions)
Dyed Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony variety, artificially dyed)
Schist
Schist (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Quartz-Veined Gneiss or Metamorphic Rock with Quartz Veins
Quartz-veined metamorphic rock (Silicate mineral assemblage)
Schist
Schist
Quartz Veined Mudstone
Metasedimentary rock with Quartz (SiO2) veins
Gneiss
High-grade regional metamorphic rock (Foliated)
Milky quartz (likely quartz-rich rock)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Banded Slate
Slate (Metamorphosed Siltstone/Mudstone)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Schist)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Honey calcite (likely rough cleavage fragment)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Sandstone or Quartzite
Arenite (if sedimentary) / Quartzite (if metamorphic)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Fuchsite
Chromium-rich Muscovite Mica
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
River Pebble (Gneiss/Schist mix)
Metamorphic rock aggregate
Likely dark green-gray metamorphic pebble
Indeterminate; possibly chlorite schist, serpentinite, or amphibolite
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (Quartz-Mica Metamorphic Rock)
Quartz with Schist Inclusion
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite Schist
Milky Quartz with Chlorite Schist Inclusions
Quartz (SiO2) with Chlorite Group silicates (typically (Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss with Quartz Vein
Metamorphic Gneiss with Quartz (SiO2) and Feldspar Injection
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Blue Apatite
Calcium phosphate mineral, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)