Small rounded yellow pebble, likely quartz-rich rock
Indeterminate from image; possibly iron-stained quartz or chert
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Small rounded yellow pebble, likely quartz-rich rock
Indeterminate from image; possibly iron-stained quartz or chert
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)
Biotite-rich schist
Mica schist; predominantly biotite mica with quartz and feldspar
Tumbled yellow-green stone, likely serpentine
Serpentine-group minerals, commonly antigorite/lizardite (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)
Gossan with Copper Carbonate (Chrysocolla/Malachite)
Ferruginous Oxide (Gossan) with Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) or (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 (Chrysocolla)
Likely basalt or dark mafic rock fragment
Basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine and iron oxides
Tumbled goldstone-like quartz pebble
Likely iron-stained quartz or jasper; exact identification requires testing
Granite
Granite (phaneitic intrusive igneous rock)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Granodiorite
Granodiorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Granite Gneiss
Felsic Gneiss (composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Biotite)
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate intrusive igneous rock)
Likely metallic meteorite fragment
Undetermined iron or stony-iron meteorite; mineralogy requires testing
Pale-green schist fragment
Chlorite–sericite schist, possibly containing epidote or actinolite
Limonite with Quartz
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Limonite) with SiO2 (Quartz)
Granodiorite
Granodiorite (containing Plagioclase, Quartz, and Biotite)
Granitic Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Granite (Fine-grained)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (composed of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase)
Granite
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Green faceted gemstone, likely emerald
Beryl, Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, colored green by chromium and/or vanadium
Amazonite-bearing feldspar (likely raw amazonite)
Amazonite, a blue-green variety of microcline feldspar; KAlSi₃O₈
Green fluorite crystal
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Small polished pebble, likely quartz or quartzite
Undetermined; possibly quartzite (quartz, SiO₂)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Reddish-brown crystalline rock, possibly weathered granite or garnet-bearing schist
Indeterminate; likely quartz–feldspar–mica rock with iron oxides, potentially garnet-bearing
Greenstone / River Jadeite pebble
Metavolcanic rock / Chlorite or Actinolite-rich schist
Banded gneiss cobble
Gneiss, typically quartz–feldspar–mica assemblage
Weathered greenish metamorphic rock, possibly serpentinite
Serpentinite, commonly dominated by antigorite/lizardite Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄; identification is uncertain from the photograph
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
Polished ruby-in-zoisite (anyolite), likely
Ruby-bearing zoisite: zoisite Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH), with corundum Al₂O₃ and commonly amphibole
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)
Dark volcanic rock, likely basalt
Basalt (fine-grained mafic igneous rock; commonly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, and olivine)
Rounded basalt pebble
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine
Mixed mineral and shell specimen assortment
Primarily unidentified quartz-/feldspar-like pebbles with possible dark basalt or iron-rich fragments; white pieces may include shell or calcite