Mineral With Metamorphic Or Sedimentary Host

Limestone

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Chert Nodules

Chert (SiO2)

Geode Nodules / Agate Chert

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (also known as Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Rose Quartz

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace titanium, iron, or manganese

Chert (Banded)

Chert (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)

Quartz Vein in Host Rock (Pebble)

Quartz (SiO2) with sandstone or siltstone matrix

Garnet in Matrix

Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)

Chert (Nodular Chert)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Apatite

Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)

Turquoise

CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrated copper and aluminum phosphate)

Rainbow Fluorite

Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)

Granitic Pegmatite with Tourmaline/Chlorite

Pegmatite

Turquoise

Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]

Amazonite

KAlSi3O8 (Potassium Aluminum Silicate) - a variety of Microcline Feldspar

Blue Apatite

Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)

Quartz Geode

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Massive Quartz

Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Chert (White Chert or Flint)

Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Orange Calcite

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Epidote with Quartz/Feldspar

Epidote (Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)) with associated minerals in a host rock

Turquoise

Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]

Yellow Calcite

Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Shale or Slate with Quartz Veins

Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock) or Slate (low-grade metamorphic rock formed from shale) with Quartz (SiO2) veins

Quartz Druze on Matrix

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Agatized Fossil or Chalcedony Nodule

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz

Chert (Jasper variety)

Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz

Rose Quartz (or Quartzite)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Diamond (in Matrix)

Carbon (C)

Moonstone with Black Tourmaline

Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8) with Schorl inclusions (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)

Epithermal Gold Ore (in Quartz/Rhyolite matrix)

Auriferous Quartz (Au + SiO2)

Jasper (Banded Jasper)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities

Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)

Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Quartz (Milky/Crystalline fragment)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Glauconitic Sandstone

Glauconitic arenite (contains (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)

Pyrite in Matrix

Iron Disulfide (FeS2)

Super Seven (Melody Stone)

Quartz with inclusions (Amethyst, Cacoxenite, Goethite, Lepidocrosite, Rutile, Smoky Quartz, and Clear Quartz)

Chert (often found within Limestone)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz

Banded Quartz

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

Blue Apatite

Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)

Chert (varietal: Flint Pitted Pebble)

Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)

Chert (Flint nodule)

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz