Gold Mineral
Native Gold (Au)
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Gold Mineral
Native Gold (Au)
Blue Apatite
Apatite group (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Quartz (Small Fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Yellow/Siltstone variant)
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Lepidolite
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz, SiO2)
Lepidolite
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Sandstone (mainly Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxides like Goethite/Hematite)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (70-75% SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz fragment (Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Cristobalite Inclusions
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Geode (Unopened)
Crystalline Quartz Geode (SiO2)
Tree Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Greenstone / Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of minerals from the serpentine group Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Limonite or Ironstone Nodule
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide)
Banded Onyx (Mexican Onyx / Travertine)
Calcite (CaCO3) - Banded Travertine
Greenstone
Metabasalt / Metamorphosed Igneous Rock
Chert (Cream Variety)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Halite
Sodium Chloride (NaCl)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iolite (Cordierite)
Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Potassium Feldspar (Orthoclase)
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
Spherulitic Agate / Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Gneiss
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (quartz-feldspar-biotite gneiss)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite or arkose)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sandstone with Dendritic Inclusions
Quartzose Sandstone
Stromatolite
Laminated biogenic sedimentary structure (Cyanobacteria)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Green Aventurine and Clear Quartz Bracelet
Quartz variety with Fuchsite inclusions (Aventurine) and pure Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)