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Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
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Amber
Succinite (fossilized tree resin)
Cullet Glass (Strawberry Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
Ambergris
Ambrein (C30H52O)
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
Sea Glass (Frosted Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various additives
Fordite
Anthropogenic paint-rock
Sea Glass (specifically Frosted White)
Amorphous Silica (substance: Sodium-calcium silicate glass)
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized oyster shell in limestone
Bivalvia fossil; chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Geode with Quartz/Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebbles (Stream-rounded rocks)
Fluvial Detritus (varied mineralogy)
Dalmatian jasper
Quartz-bearing, orbicular microcrystalline silica (commonly sold as “Dalmatian jasper”; often an altered porphyritic igneous rock)
Greenstone (Metabalt)
Chlorite-actinolite schist (Greenstone)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Labradorite
(Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8 (Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
Sand Grain (Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Small quartz-rich stone, possibly granite fragment
Indeterminate; likely quartz (SiO₂) with feldspar and/or mica
Optical Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Mixed River Pebbles (Jasper, Hematite, and Quartzites)
Silicon dioxide (Jasper/Quartz) and Iron oxide (Hematite)
Banded Gneiss (with Quartz Vein)
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock of varying mineralogy)
Small rounded stone or mineral fragment
Indeterminate; likely a common quartz- or feldspar-bearing silicate fragment
Rounded river pebble (likely weathered granite or metamorphic rock)
Indeterminate; possible granitic or quartz-rich lithology
Schist (likely Mica Schist)
Mica Schist
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Tumbled lepidolite-rich pegmatite (probable)
Lepidolite, K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2, in a granitic pegmatite matrix
Weathered greenish rock fragment
Indeterminate; possibly epidote- or chlorite-bearing altered silicate rock
Hag Stone
Sandstone or Limestone with Solution Holes (Bioturbation/Erosion)
Granite Cobble
Plutonic Granite
Graphite Schist
C (Carbonaceous Schist)
Tumbled green aventurine (probable)
Quartz, SiO₂, with fuchsite mica inclusions
Mixed River Pebbles
Clastic Sedimentary Alluvial Deposit / Polymictic Conglomerate Clasts
Greenstone / Glauconitic Siltstone
Metabasalt or Glauconite-rich Sedimentary Rock
Cat's Eye Moonstone (Feldspar)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8) with Albite (NaAlSi3O8) inclusions
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)
Limestone or Sandstone Cobble
Sedimentary rock (Calcium carbonate or Quartz based)
Green fluorite crystal
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Optical Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Banded Calcite (Mexican Onyx)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)