Banded River Cobble with Mafic Dike
Hydrothermally altered Graywacke or Sandstone with Mafic Intrusion
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Banded River Cobble with Mafic Dike
Hydrothermally altered Graywacke or Sandstone with Mafic Intrusion
Unakite
Unakite (altered granite)
Azurite Malachite
Azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2) and Malachite (Cu2CO3(OH)2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Mixed River Stones and Agates
Mixed Silicates and Ironstones (primarily SiO2 and Fe2O3)
Leopard Skin Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Granite Pebble
Granite
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4)
Graywacke
Graywacke Sandstone
Fuchsite
Chromium-bearing Muscovite [K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2]
Barite
Barium Sulfate (BaSO4)
Gold and Silver (Metal Components of an Antique Pocket Watch)
Native Gold (Au) and Native Silver (Ag)
Granite Pebble (Pegmatitic Quartz-Feldspar River Rock)
Granite / Quartz-Feldspar-Mica Aggregate
Amethyst (Chevron or Banded Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fe3+ impurities
Red Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Fossiliferous Shale Matrix
Clastic Sedimentary Rock with Brachiopod or Mollusk shell fragments
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement)
Bituminous concrete / Asphalt
Granite Pebble
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, Plagioclase, and Biotite/Amphibole)
Chrysocolla
Hydrated copper silicate, (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O
Granite Pebble
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Quartz, Feldspar, Mica)
Unakite
Unakite Epidosite (composite of Epidote, Orthoclase, and Quartz)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of K-Feldspar, Quartz, and Mica)
Granodiorite (Weathered)
Granodiorite
Granodiorite (containing Biotite and Quartz)
Granodiorite (Plagioclase-rich phaneritic intrusive rock)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Quartz Arenite (Formula: (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Sandstone (likely Greywacke or Siltstone variety)
Arenite / Siltstone (primarily SiO2)
Unakite
Unakite (metamorphosed granite)
Lepidolite in Quartz
K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2 / SiO2
Azurite-Malachite with Limonite
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 (Azurite) / Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite)
Purple Lepidolite with Quartz
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Gravel / Crushed Stone
Aggregate (mixed mineral rock fragments)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Bauxite (Iron-stained Chert / Ironstone Aggregate)
Hydrous aluminum oxide mixture (mainly Gibbsite Al(OH)3, Boehmite γ-AlO(OH), and Goethite α-Fe3+O(OH))
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Devil's Toenail (Fossil Oyster)
Gryphaea arcuata (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Gravel and Pebbles
Unconsolidated rock fragments (clastic sediment)
Chrysocolla in Quartz
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate with silicon dioxide (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O + SiO2)
Chrysocolla
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified radiolarite (SiO2)
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Amethyst (Raw Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unidentified coarse-grained rock fragments
Likely granite or granitic rock; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph