Painted Garden Rock
Coated Siltstone or Mudstone
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Painted Garden Rock
Coated Siltstone or Mudstone
Chert (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxides
Silver (Native Element)
Ag (Native Silver), with minor Copper (Cu)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (River Pebble)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Otodus Shark Tooth
Otodus obliquus
Hag Stone
Perforated Sedimentary Rock / Flint / Limestone
Biological Bone (Patella/Knee)
Patella (part of the Human Skeletal System)
Banded Onyx (Mexican Onyx / Travertine)
Calcite (CaCO3) - Banded Travertine
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 dominant)
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
Chert (Common Variety, Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Citrine (Heat-Treated Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Dendritic sandstone
Sandstone with Manganese Oxide dendrites
Inukshuk Rock Sculpture (composed of Granite, Slate, and Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (Amethyst portion, SiO2) with mixed silicate rock assemblage
Likely weathered metallic mineral or slag fragment
Indeterminate; possibly iron-rich sulfide/oxide material or industrial slag
Chert (Sedimentary Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with traces of titanium, iron, or manganese
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxides
Blue Topaz
Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 (Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si‑₆O₁₈)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈)
Chert (River Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Chert Pebble/Nodule
Chert (a microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline sedimentary form of quartz, SiO2)
Silver (Morgan Dollar)
Native Silver (Ag) - 90% Silver, 10% Copper alloy
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite/Hornblende inclusions
Kidney Stone (Urolith / Calcium Oxalate Stone)
Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate (Whewellite) / Calcium Oxalate Dihydrate (Weddellite)
Bumblebee Jasper
Anhydrous Calcium Carbonate with Sulfur and Arsenic (Orpiment/Realgar)
Crushed Stone (Likely Limestone or Granite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for Limestone / Quartz and Feldspar for Granite
River Pebble
Quartzite / Weathered Sedimentary Rock
Chert (Flinty variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled orbicular jasper
Orbicular jasper; microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides and feldspathic/chalcedony inclusions
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Pebble
Lithified clastic rock fragment / Quartz-rich pebble
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Sandstone (with potential trace fossils)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Chert (variations include Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)