Yellow Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions
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Yellow Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions
Weathered Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Orbicular Jasper (Ocean Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
Tumbled tree agate (dendritic agate)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with manganese/iron-oxide dendrites
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide staining/cementing)
Granite Gneiss
Gneiss (Polymetamorphic Quartz-Feldspar-Mica rock)
Jasper and Basalt (Lake Superior Agate or Jasper Pebble)
Silicified rock / Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2) with basalt matrix
Montana Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions
Lapis Lazuli
(Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2 (Complex silicate rock)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite/Iron inclusions
Blue Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Polished brecciated jasper (likely ocean jasper or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Red Sandstone
Arenite (ferruginous sandstone)
Mixed gemstone jewelry collection
Various gemstone minerals, including likely amethyst (quartz), sapphire or iolite, garnet, pearl, turquoise, and colored beryl or tourmaline
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Quartz on Sandstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Lithic Sandstone
Quartz with Sulfide Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic mineral inclusions
Copper-bearing Mica Schist
Mica Schist with Native Copper inclusions
Basalt with Quartz Infill
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Volcanic Rock)
Quartz Pebble (Chalcedony/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic Sandstone (SiO2 - Quartz-dominant)
Basalt with Peridotite Xenolith
Mafic Igneous Rock with Peridotite Inclusion (Olivine-rich)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite (Fe2O3·nH2O) inclusions
Quartz with Spessartine Garnet and Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Almandine-Spessartine (Mn3Al2(SiO4)3)
Yellow Chalcedony (common opal or chert variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of hornblende or chlorite
Epidosite (Epidote-Quartz rock)
Epidote-rich hydrothermal rock
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Granite Pebble (Weathered)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Granite
Granite (composed mainly of Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, Plagioclase, and Biotite/Mica)
Green glass-like cabochon, likely synthetic glass or resin
Unidentified green transparent material; possibly molded glass, synthetic spinel, or resin
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Emerald (or possibly Green Glass / Slag)
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Amber
Succinite (with formula approximately C10H16O)
Milky quartz vein fragment (likely quartz with minor feldspar/mica)
Quartz, SiO₂; possibly associated feldspar and mica
Jasper
Jasper / Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Chromium/Vanadium traces)
Epidote in Quartz
Quartz with Epidote inclusions (SiO2 with Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) inclusions)
Polished yellow jasper or opaque chalcedony bead
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-oxide-stained jasper
Likely rough quartz fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained or included quartz
Hag Stone
Perforated sedimentary rock (typically limestone, sandstone, or flint)
Polished brown jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities