Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
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Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Granite
Intrusive Felsic Igneous Rock
Granite
Granite (composed mainly of Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Blue Sapphire (Raw)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Amethyst geode/druse
Quartz, SiO₂; purple variety amethyst
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with iron impurities (Quartz variety, SiO2)
Shale or Mudstone (Based on appearance)
Shale (fine-grained, laminated fissile sedimentary rock) / Mudstone (fine-grained, non-fissile sedimentary rock)
Silty Shale or Mudstone
Siltstone/Mudstone (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Sandstone with Iron Weathering
Quartz Arenite / Weathered Sandstone
Pink Granite
Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock (Granite)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hag Stone
Perforated Sedimentary Rock (typically Sandstone or Siltstone)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrated copper and aluminium phosphate)
River Cobble (likely Basalt or Greenstone)
Mafic Igneous Rock (with possible chloritic alteration)
Fulgurite
Fulgurite (Lechatelierite-rich fused silica)
Pegmatitic pink feldspar–quartz rock
Granitic pegmatite; chiefly microcline/orthoclase feldspar (KAlSi₃O₈), quartz (SiO₂), and minor mica
Rounded granite cobble
Granite; chiefly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and biotite/hornblende
Pink Dyed Agate (Pink Agate Slice)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony / Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss
Granite: quartz, feldspar, and mica; possibly weakly foliated gneiss
Blue Chalcedony (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Ferruginous Sandstone with Quartz Inclusions
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Limonite-coated Shale
Ferruginous Siliciclastic Shale
Druzy Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz Vein with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with limonite/hematite staining
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Druzy Quartz Geode (likely Smokey Quartz variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - specifically a geode formation lined with druzy quartz crystals, with a likely brownish hue indicating smokey quartz.
Small rounded pebble
Indeterminate lithic grain; likely weathered sandstone, iron-stained quartz-rich rock, or a concretion
Rounded river pebble
Indeterminate; likely quartz-rich sandstone, chert, or weathered volcanic rock
Asphalt
Asphalt concrete
Polished orange agate/jasper cabochon
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide coloration; exact variety uncertain
Peridotite (Dunite/Peridot Xenolith)
Peridotite (predominantly Olivine (Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
Pumice
Pumice (Amorphous volcanic glass)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sandstone
Sandstone (arenite is a more specific geological term for a clean sandstone, while wacke refers to a dirty sandstone with significant matrix)
Shale
Fissile Mudstone (primarily composed of clay minerals and quartz grains)
Greywacke (River Siltstone)
Lithic Wacke (Sandstone subfamily)
Rough Corundum (likely Sapphire/Zircon-bearing)
Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Yellow Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Clastic sedimentary rock (Polymict conglomerate with quartz/calcite matrix)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz variety) with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)