Pink agate (likely dyed or coated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/agate)
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Pink agate (likely dyed or coated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony/agate)
Green Aventurine and Clear Quartz
Green Aventurine (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions); Clear Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Gravel and Pavement Aggregates
Unconsolidated rock fragments / detrital sediments
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone Pebble
Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Mixed collection of natural stones
Several unidentified lithologies, likely including basalt, granite, quartzite, sandstone, and weathered metamorphic rocks
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial colorants
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3) with traces of Iron and Titanium
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Granite cobble
Granite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and mica/amphibole
Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Dyed Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - stained microcrystalline quartz
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 - Aluminum Oxide)
Clay (as a rock-forming material)
Clay minerals (e.g., Kaolinite group, Smectite group, Illite group, Chlorite group)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Mixed rock and mineral collection
Mixed lithologies; likely quartz, feldspar, basalt, granite, chert, sandstone, and metamorphic rocks
Pumice
Pumice (volcanic glass with vesicular texture)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Intrusive Igneous Rock (composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Moldavite
Tektite (Silicates with aluminum, iron, manganese, and potassium oxide glass)
Red Sandstone (Siltstone pebble)
Arenite / Siltstone (Silicon dioxide based with hematite impurities)
Blue Sapphire Crystal (Rough)
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphibole)
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic Igneous Rock)
Milky and Citrine-type Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Pumice
Pumicite (Amorphous Volcanic Glass)
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-bearing jasper
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (dominated by SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O)
Dyed Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Tumbled orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron-bearing variety commonly termed carnelian
Painted Garden Rock (likely Granite or Limestone base)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) based substrate with Acrylic/Enamel pigments
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade metamorphic rock)
Granite
Granite (Felsic intrusive igneous rock)
Iron-rich laterite or limonite/goethite-bearing rock
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly goethite (α-FeO(OH)) and limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O), likely in a lateritic matrix
Shungite (Noble/Type II)
Non-crystalline carbon (Fullerene-bearing carbonaceous rock)
Jasper Breccia
Brecciated Jasper (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions, SiO2)
Shale
Fissile Mudrock (Clay-rich Sedimentary Rock)
Shale
Mudstone/Shale