Mixed Mineral Specimens
Mixed Silicates, Oxides, and Phosphates (SiO₂, Ca₅(PO₄)₃(F,Cl,OH), Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂, etc.)
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Mixed Mineral Specimens
Mixed Silicates, Oxides, and Phosphates (SiO₂, Ca₅(PO₄)₃(F,Cl,OH), Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂, etc.)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2 with iron impurities)
Copper Ore
Cupriferous Rock / Mixed Mineral Matrix
Quartz with impurities or Host Rock
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with mixed silicates
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Metallic sulfide mineral specimen, likely pyrite-bearing ore
Likely pyrite (FeS₂), possibly mixed with other sulfides or host rock
Yellow Ochre (Limonite)
Limonite (FeO(OH)qnH2O)
Tumbled polymictic stone, likely jasper-bearing conglomerate
Siliciclastic conglomerate with microcrystalline quartz (jasper/chert) and altered volcanic or feldspathic clasts
Jasper containing Agate (Jaspagate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Breccia
Breccia (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Jasper / Agate with Petrified Wood Inclusion
SiO2
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Weathered quartz-bearing rock fragment
Indeterminate; likely quartz-rich granite, gneiss, or pegmatitic rock
Purple Lepidolite with Quartz
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Glacially transported granite and gneiss boulders
Granite (quartz–feldspar–mica); banded specimens likely gneiss
Sodalite
Sodalite (Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2)
Conglomerate (possibly concrete-like natural breccia)
Lithified, poorly sorted clastic rock with angular to subrounded mineral and rock fragments in a finer matrix
Mookaite Jasper
Silicified Radiolarite (SiO2)
Gravel or Pebble
Clastic Sedimentary Grain (typically composed of Quartz or Silicate minerals)
Granite Pebble
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Granite)
Greenstone / Diorite
Intermediate plutonic igneous rock
Tumbled granite or granitic gneiss
Granite/granitic gneiss, chiefly quartz, feldspar, and dark mica or amphibole
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Rich in K-Feldspar)
Polymictic conglomerate
Clast-supported conglomerate, typically quartz- and feldspar-rich in a dark matrix
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote with Red Jasper (Quartz-rich aggregate)
Puddingstone
Conglomerate
Mixed beach gravel and sand
Unsorted siliciclastic sediment, chiefly quartz and rock fragments
Pebble with dark mineral inclusion
Likely granitic or gneissic quartz–feldspar pebble with a mafic inclusion; exact identification requires testing
K-feldspar Granite / Red Granite Fragment
Alkali feldspar granite (Plutonic igneous rock)
Quartz geode
Microcrystalline and crystalline quartz, SiO₂, likely with chalcedony and iron-oxide staining
Yellow Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Hydroxide impurities, SiO2 + FeO(OH))
Concrete rubble
Anthropogenic conglomerate
Diorite
Diorite (plutonic igneous rock)
Conglomerate
Sedimentary Conglomerate
Granite / Feldspar gravel
Granite (felsic intrusive igneous rock)
River Pebbles (White Quartz and Basalt mix)
Mixed Clastic Sedimentary Assemblage (SiO2 and Mafic Volcanics)
Greenstone or Epidote-rich rock
Epidote or Chlorite schist/greenstone
Mixed Tumbled Gemstones and River Rocks
Mixed Decorative Stones (predominantly Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 variants)
Granite (Pink/Potassium Feldspar rich)
Granite (K-feldspar rich intrusive igneous rock)