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)
Small brown-gray mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered quartz-, feldspar-, or iron-oxide-bearing rock
Diorite Gneiss
Foliated Diorite Gneiss
Osumilite in Granite Matrix
(K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30
Quartz-rich breccia or vein quartz with iron staining
Microcrystalline to crystalline SiO₂, likely quartz with iron oxides/hydroxides and altered host rock
Reddish-brown crystalline rock, possibly weathered granite or garnet-bearing schist
Indeterminate; likely quartz–feldspar–mica rock with iron oxides, potentially garnet-bearing
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Greenstone / River Jadeite pebble
Metavolcanic rock / Chlorite or Actinolite-rich schist
Polished ruby-in-zoisite (anyolite), likely
Ruby-bearing zoisite: zoisite Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH), with corundum Al₂O₃ and commonly amphibole
Blue-gray tumbled stone, likely sodalite
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂; identification is tentative from the photograph
Blue copper-mineral rock, likely chrysocolla-bearing copper ore
Chrysocolla (hydrated copper aluminosilicate), possibly with malachite, quartz, or host rock
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)
Iron-rich laterite or weathered ironstone pebble
Goethite–hematite-rich ferruginous duricrust; commonly approximated as FeO(OH) and Fe₂O₃
Tumbled yellow-green stone, likely serpentine
Serpentine-group minerals, commonly antigorite/lizardite (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)
Biotite-rich schist
Mica schist; predominantly biotite mica with quartz and feldspar
Gossan with Copper Carbonate (Chrysocolla/Malachite)
Ferruginous Oxide (Gossan) with Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) or (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 (Chrysocolla)
Rounded basalt pebble
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine
Iron Slag
Iron smelting byproduct (Glassy/vesicular silicate)
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
Tumbled gray chalcedony or quartz pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly gray chalcedony
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)
Polished septarian nodule
Septarian concretion, commonly calcite/aragonite with brown iron-oxide or siderite veins in a clay-rich matrix
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled Slate or Basalt Pebble
Metamorphic fine-grained rock / Slate or Phyllite
Orbicular jasper
Orbicular jasper (microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony with iron-oxide and volcanic inclusions)
Tumbled yellow quartz-rich stone, likely yellow jasper or quartzite
Jasper/quartzite; mainly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide staining
Green faceted gemstone, likely emerald
Beryl, Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, colored green by chromium and/or vanadium
Unakite (likely)
Epidote–pink feldspar–quartz rock; commonly termed unakite
Granite
Intrusive igneous rock
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Rhyolite (possibly porphyritic and altered)
Volcanic felsic rock; primarily quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and volcanic glass, with iron-oxide alteration
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
Dark gray fine-grained rock, likely basalt
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, often with minor olivine and magnetite
Weathered iron-rich rock (probable laterite or limonite-bearing stone)
Goethite–limonite mixture, commonly written FeO(OH)·nH₂O, with possible quartz and clay minerals