Citrine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Category
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Citrine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Sandstone (with potential iron mineralization)
Arenite
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz Geode
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Sulfur (on Matrix)
Native Sulfur (S8)
Pink Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Fossilized Fish Skeleton in Matrix
Vertebrata (Class: Actinopterygii), typically found in limestone or shale matrices
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Schist)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Brecciated Chert
Sedimentary Chert (SiO2) with Calc-Silicate mineralization
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Raw Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Dendritic Agate or Manganese Nodule in Chert/Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese Oxide (MnO2) inclusions
Shale
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone
River Rock (likely Siltstone or fine-grained Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cement
Quartz Geode
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Druzy Quartz on Ironstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Limonitic Ironstone
Devil's Toenail (Fossil Oyster)
Gryphaea arcuata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Breciated Limestone with Calcite Veins
Sedimentary Breccia (CaCO3)
Spinosaurus fossil (permineralized bone)
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Calcium phosphate mineralized with silica/sediment)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Arenite
Sandstone (with banding)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Pyrite Cubes in Matrix
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) in Host Matrix
Limonite (often after Hematite or Goethite)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Sandstone (Quartzite texture)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Micaceous)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Banded Agate with Drusy Quartz
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with macrocrystalline Quartz
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Hematite cement (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Collection of Minerals and Ores
Various (e.g., Uraninite (U3O8), Carbon (C), Native Gold (Au), Hematite (Fe2O3), Galena (PbS), etc.)
Sandstone (Greywacke)
Arenite / Greywacke Sandstone
Gossanous Sandstone (likely Terrestrial)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide inclusions
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 dominant)
Sandstone with Magnetite and Iron Staining
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (contains Fe3O4 and Limonite/Hematite)
Sandstone
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains, primarily SiO2)