Milky Quartz (Quartz Vein)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
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Dyed Agate
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
mineral
Rough Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Chromium/Vanadium impurities)
mineral
Milky Quartz with Mineral Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz in Matrix (or Quartz Vein Rock)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with host rock
igneous
Milky quartz with iron-oxide staining
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely massive milky quartz
mineral
Ruby (Pink to Red Corundum)
Al2O3 (Corundum with Chromium impurities)
mineral
Quartz (Citrine or Iron-Stained variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz Crystal Geode / Druzy Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Carnelian (Chalcedony)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions)
mineral
Blue Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
mineral
Sandstone (with Iron Siderite Concretion)
Arenite with Ironstone Concretion (FeCO3)
sedimentary
Milky quartz-bearing rock, possibly quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), likely in a quartzite or quartz-rich metamorphic matrix
metamorphic
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
sedimentary
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mineral
Schist (Greenschist / Mica Schist)
Schist (variable mineral composition, commonly containing quartz, feldspar, mica, chlorite)
metamorphic
Barite Rose on Marcasite
Barium Sulfate (BaSO4) on Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Emerald In Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with trace Chromium/Vanadium
mineral
Carnelian Agate Nodule
Chalcedony (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
sedimentary
Quartz (vein quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Mineral
Wishing Rock (Quartz Vein in Host Rock)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) vein in various host rocks
Igneous/Sedimentary/Metamorphic with Mineral Vein
Greenstone
Metabasalt (Greenstone facies)
metamorphic
Quartz Drusy on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Mineral
Quartz in Matrix (possibly with Biotite or Hornblende)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) in Granitic Matrix
igneous
Milky quartz-rich rock
Quartz (SiO₂), likely massive milky quartz with minor iron-stained gangue
mineral
Quartz-veined Basalt or Diabase Pebble
Igneous rock with hydrothermal quartz vein
igneous
Quartz (Druzy or Geode fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Schist
Mica Schist
metamorphic
Quartz Vein in Gneiss/Granite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Feldspar-Quartz Gneiss host rock
metamorphic
Fluorite in Matrix
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) with Quartz/Calcite matrix
mineral
Gold Ore
Native Gold (Au) in Matrix
mineral
Quartzite with Quartz Vein
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Arenite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly gold-bearing quartz
Quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining; possible limonite/goethite matrix
mineral
Milky quartz (rough quartz chunk)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
mineral
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrous Phosphate of Copper and Aluminum)
mineral
Chert on Volcanic Host Rock
Sedimentary Chert (SiO2) within Basalt or Andesite
sedimentary
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals: (Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4)
metamorphic
Chert with Quartz Vein
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
sedimentary