Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
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Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Alexandrite in Matrix
Chrysoberyl (BeAl2O4 with Chromium impurities)
Stichtite in Serpentine (Atlantasite)
Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O in Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Chert Arrowhead
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Titanium-coated Metal Cube (Man-made Fidget Toy)
Titanium-anodized or electroplated alloy (e.g., Ti-coated Zinc or Aluminum)
Fossilized Vertebra
Chordata fossil (Vertebra)
Polished kambaba jasper
Orbicular stromatolitic jasper; microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with chlorite/amphibole-rich inclusions
Greenstone
Metabasalt / Chlorite-actinolite-epidote schist
Brecciated Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite / Lithic sandstone)
Jasper Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Tufa Rock and Tumbled Gemstones
Calcareous Tufa (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble (Gravel)
Rounded clastic sediment
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Azurite and Malachite
Copper Carbonates: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 (Azurite) and Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite)
Weathered Basalt with Iron Staining
Aphanitic Mafic Volcanic Rock
Red Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3 with Carotenoid pigments)
Mica Schist with Garnet
Garnetiferous Mica Schist
Diamond in Gold Setting
Diamond (C - pure carbon)
Porphyritic Basalt
Porphyritic Basalt (with plagioclase phenocrysts)
Ferromanganese Nodule
Polymetallic Nodule (composed primarily of MnO2 and Fe2O3)
Arsenopyrite
Arsenopyrite (FeAsS)
Peridotite
Peridotite (composed largely of Olivine (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
Schist (Micaceous Schist)
Mica Schist
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Favosites Fossil (Honeycomb Coral)
Favosites (Order Favositida)
Tiger Iron
Composite rock (Quartz, Tiger's Eye, Hematite, and Jasper)
Red Sandstone Pebble
Sedimentary Quartz Arenite / Arkose
Sandstone (Banded)
Sedimentary Clastic Rock
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Banded Jasper and Quartz Pebble
Silicified sedimentary rock / Chalcedony (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (composed primarily of Quartz, Plagioclase, Alkali Feldspar, and Mica)
Red Sandstone
Quartz Arenite (iron-stained) / SiO2
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)