Crazy Lace Agate
Agate (Chalcedony - SiO2)
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Crazy Lace Agate
Agate (Chalcedony - SiO2)
Undetermined Due to Blur (Possible Flesh-Tone Mineral)
Unknown (Insufficient Visual Clarity)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Granite Pebble (Weathered)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Lake Superior Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble variety)
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion
African Turquoise
African Turquoise (a trade name for Jasper, a variety of Chalcedony: SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite mica
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble type)
Ironstone Concretion (Fe2O3 with SiO2 core)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8(Al6Si6O24)S2 (composed primarily of Lazurite, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with minor Fe2O3)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Fire Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Fossiliferous Sandstone (SiO2 composition)
Coarse-grained Granite
Phaneritic Granite (contains Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Basalt with Quartz/Feldspar Vein
Mafic Volcanic Rock (Basalt) with SiO2 hydrothermal vein
Ferruginous Sandstone
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (SiO2 with Fe2O3/FeO(OH))
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of K-Feldspar, Quartz, and Plagioclase)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Flower Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with Opaque Spherulitic Inclusions
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mica Schist with Quartz
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite or Biotite with Quartz)
Gneiss
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Greenstone / Epidosite
Metamorphosed Mafic Igneous Rock (Epidote-Chlorite group)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Rock with Arfvedsonite
Unknown Organic Object (likely a berry or fruit)
Not applicable; this is not a geological specimen. If it were a cranberry, its scientific name would be Vaccinium macrocarpon; if a cherry, it would be Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus.
Diorite (River Cobble)
Intermediate plutonic igneous rock
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock, not a single mineral; primary mineral is Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Quartz Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)