Tumbled dark green stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)
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Tumbled dark green stone, likely serpentine
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)
Limestone or Sandstone Cobble
Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)
Granite Cobble
Plutonic Granite
Graphite Schist
C (Carbonaceous Schist)
Small metallic meteorite-like specimen
Unclassified iron-rich meteorite candidate; possibly an ordinary chondrite or terrestrial slag
Granite Pegmatite
Granitic Pegmatite (composition: SiO2 with KAlSi3O8)
Optical Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green-and-gold apatite-bearing rock, possibly epidote skarn
Apatite-group mineral, commonly fluorapatite (Ca₅(PO₄)₃F), with probable epidote and quartz; exact identification requires testing
Crushed Stone (Gravel/Aggregates)
Crushed rock aggregate (varied composition including Granite, Limestone, and Quartz)
Cat's Eye Moonstone (Feldspar)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8) with Albite (NaAlSi3O8) inclusions
Small brown-gray mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered quartz-, feldspar-, or iron-oxide-bearing rock
Diorite Gneiss
Foliated Diorite Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Greenstone / River Jadeite pebble
Metavolcanic rock / Chlorite or Actinolite-rich schist
Banded Calcite (Mexican Onyx)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz with iron staining
Microcrystalline to crystalline SiO₂, likely quartz with iron oxides/hydroxides and altered host rock
Tumbled Slate or Basalt Pebble
Metamorphic fine-grained rock / Slate or Phyllite
Gossan with Copper Carbonate (Chrysocolla/Malachite)
Ferruginous Oxide (Gossan) with Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) or (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 (Chrysocolla)
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Granite
Intrusive igneous rock
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Weathered iron-rich rock (probable laterite or limonite-bearing stone)
Goethite–limonite mixture, commonly written FeO(OH)·nH₂O, with possible quartz and clay minerals
Osumilite in Granite Matrix
(K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30
Tumbled azurite–malachite or blue jasper (tentative)
Likely azurite-bearing copper mineral aggregate; composition commonly Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂ with associated malachite Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or ironstone cobble
Ferruginous sandstone/ironstone, chiefly quartz (SiO₂) cemented or stained by iron oxides and hydroxides
Dark mafic rock, likely basalt
Basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine and iron oxides
Graphite-bearing quartz-mica schist
Graphite-rich quartz–mica schist; primarily quartz (SiO₂), muscovite/biotite, and graphite (C)
Blue glass-like tumbled specimen
Most likely cobalt-blue slag glass or manufactured glass; not confidently identifiable as a natural mineral from the image
Iron Slag
Iron smelting byproduct (Glassy/vesicular silicate)
Granite (Alkali-feldspar Granite)
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Primary minerals: Quartz SiO2, Orthoclase KAlSi3O8, Plagioclase (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8)
Basalt with Plagioclase Phenocrysts
Porphyritic Basalt
Pink Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Granite (with Orthoclase and Quartz)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (KAlSi3O8 + SiO2)
Unakite (likely)
Epidote–pink feldspar–quartz rock; commonly termed unakite
Probable weathered basalt or andesite
Fine-grained mafic to intermediate volcanic rock; commonly plagioclase ± pyroxene, amphibole, and iron oxides
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Weathered porphyritic volcanic rock
Likely andesite or dacite, with feldspar phenocrysts in a fine-grained groundmass
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with minor Fe2O3)
Mica Schist (with Golden/Biotite inclusions)
K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2 (Biotite), KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2 (Muscovite)