Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Wonderstone (Liesegang Sandstone)
Silicified Sandstone with Liesegang Rings (SiO2 + FeO(OH))
Bumblebee Jasper
Calcite-Auripigment-Pyrite-Realgar assemblage (Carbonate/Sulphide mixture)
Opal
Hydrated Amorphous Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (predominantly SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and other impurities
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Wonderstone)
Silicified Sandstone / Orthoquartzite with Liesegang rings
Halite (Rock Salt)
Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)
Gneiss (specifically Pink Gneiss)
Gneiss (high-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Jasper Breccia
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Picture Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Black Veined Jasper (Spiderweb Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Labradorite (a variety of Feldspar)
Labradorite; (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 (a plagioclase feldspar)
Quartz-veined Siltstone/Greywacke
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Quartz Infill (SiO2 vein)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petoskey Stone (Petrified Favosites)
Favosites (extinct colonial coral), CaCO3 with Silica replacement
River Jasper (Chert/Chalcedony mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide and chlorite inclusions
Quartz (Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Biotite Schist
Biotite-rich Schist (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2)
Chert
Siliceous sedimentary rock (predominantly microcrystalline quartz, SiO2)
Chert (also known as Flint or Common Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Asphalt
Asphalt concrete (engineered material, not a naturally occurring rock/mineral in this form)
Magnetite / Iron Ore
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Copper-bearing Mica Schist
Mica Schist with Native Copper inclusions
Yellow Quartz (Citrine/Yellow Jasper mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Limestone (specifically Chalky Limestone)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3 / Calcite)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (and Flint variant)
Chert (SiO2)
Bumble Bee Jasper
Calcite-bearing Volcanic Tuff (not a true Jasper)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite/Limonite inclusions
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Fossilized Horn Coral
Order Rugosa (Rugose Coral)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian concretion (Complex mixture of Siderite/Limestone, Calcite, and Aragonite)
Septarian Nodule Segment (Turtle Stone)
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 with Siderite or Calcite infill)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 / K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock typically composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphibole)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Cockle Shell (Fossil or Recent)
Class Bivalvia, Family Cardiidae (e.g., Cerastoderma edule for common cockle)