Galena
Lead Sulfide (PbS)
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Galena
Lead Sulfide (PbS)
Limonite
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron oxide-hydroxide)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Graphite
Carbon (C)
Chalcopyrite
Copper iron sulfide (CuFeS2)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore/Sandstone mixture)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) often mixed with Goethite and sedimentary matrix
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Rounded river cobble, likely basaltic volcanic rock
Fine-grained mafic igneous rock; likely basalt or andesite
Fossil Snail
Gastropoda (fossilized)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Garnet-bearing granite or pegmatitic granitic rock
Coarse-grained granitoid, likely granite or pegmatite, composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with almandine/spessartine garnet and dark biotite or amphibole
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Greywacke (likely)
Greywacke (a type of sandstone)
Gneiss (specifically Granitic Gneiss)
Gneiss (composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Biotite/Amphibole)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock composed primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and various Micas)
Sandstone (likely River-tumbled Picture Sandstone)
Arenite (predominantly SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Quartz Pebble
Crystalline Silica (SiO2)
Quartz (small fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Microcline Feldspar (Amazonite or White Feldspar)
KAlSi3O8
Biotite Schist
Schist (Biotite-dominated)
Bumblebee Jasper
Anhydrite-Aragonite mixture with Orpiment and Realgar
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Black Beach Pebble / Basalt Pebble
Basalt / Mafic Volcanic Rock
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz Sandstone)
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Plutonic Rock
Granite Pebble
Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock
Iron-stained Quartz (Gossan/Limonite-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hydrated Iron Oxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or lateritic rock
Quartz-rich sandstone with iron-oxide/hydroxide cement; possible goethite-bearing laterite
Chrysocolla Cuprite
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (Chrysocolla) and Cu2O (Cuprite)
Unable to identify - Image contains non-geological items
Quartz (Iron-Stained / Ferruginous Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt with Quartz/Zeolite Inclusions
Porphyritic Basalt (SiO2 with Aluminosilicates)
Fossilized Bone Fragment
Permineralized Vertebrate Bone (Hydrox yapatite replaced by Silica or Calcite)
Sandstone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (Quartzose Sandstone)
Quartz with Limonite Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hydrated Iron Oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)