Tumbled jasper, likely ocean or brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide and other mineral impurities
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Tumbled jasper, likely ocean or brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide and other mineral impurities
Quartz-rich polymict conglomerate (possibly hydrothermal breccia)
Clast-supported polymict conglomerate dominated by quartz; includes chalcedony/quartz and dark lithic clasts
Iron-rich concretion (probable limonite/goethite concretion)
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O) and goethite (FeO(OH))
Mixed Quartz and Jasper Pebbles
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Likely pyrite-bearing rock or pyrite fragment
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly mixed with quartz or carbonate matrix
Pyrite (locally known as Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Weathered polymictic conglomerate or breccia
Polymictic conglomerate/breccia, likely iron-stained and quartz-bearing
Jasper pebble (possibly Red Jasper or Lake Superior Agate/Jasper mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Red Jasper (in Quartz/Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Pyrite-bearing sulfide specimen
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly with chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) and/or marcasite
Tumbled hematite (likely hematite-rich iron oxide)
Hematite, Fe₂O₃; possibly mixed with magnetite, Fe₃O₄
Polished red jasper with quartz/chalcedony
Jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂), locally mixed with chalcedony or quartz
Garnet (likely Almandine, Pyrope, or a blend)
Garnet group minerals: X3Y2(SiO4)3, where X and Y represent various metal ions (e.g., Almandine: Fe3Al2(SiO4)3, Pyrope: Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Chalcedony (Agate and Carnelian varieties)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Metallic sulfide mineral specimen, likely pyrite
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly a pyrite-rich sulfide aggregate
Mixed metamorphic rock fragments, likely garnet-bearing schist and quartzite
Quartz–feldspar–mica schist/quartzite; red grains may be almandine garnet
Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Tumbled Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz variety: Chalcedony)
Blue Agate Slice
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Agate
Silicon dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Copper-stained quartz/igneous rock specimen
Quartz (SiO₂), with secondary copper minerals; host likely altered volcanic rock
Yellow Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Epidote
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al(OH)3 mixed with Fe2O3 and clay minerals)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble)
Iron Oxide Concretion (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH) mixed with SiO2)
Ruby Zoisite
Anyolite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) + Al2O3:Cr)
Pyrulite (Pyrite / Chalcopyrite)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) or Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Concrete with Exposed Aggregate
Anthropogenic conglomerate (Concrete)
Small white quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Conglomerate (Cement mixture: typically Ca2SiO4, Ca3SiO5, Ca3Al2O6)
Hematite-rich ironstone concretion
Hematite (Fe₂O₃), likely mixed with goethite/limonite and silica
Tumbled magnetite (likely)
Magnetite, Fe₃O₄; possibly magnetite-rich ironstone
Granite Pebble with Quartz/Feldspar Vein
Intrusive Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Likely granite or granitic gneiss
Coarse-grained quartz–feldspar–mica rock; possibly biotite granite or banded granitic gneiss
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (a rock composed primarily of Lazurite)
Tumbled labradorite beads
Labradorite, a calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar (approximately (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈)
Mixed rock fragments, likely granite and weathered metamorphic rock
Granite (quartz–feldspar–mica aggregate) with probable schist/gneiss fragments
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Yellow Chalcedony / Yellow Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)