Flint
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - cryptocrystalline quartz
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Flint
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - cryptocrystalline quartz
Jasper Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2
Flint / Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (River Pebble/Finger Stone)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Limonite/Hematite)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz with Iron Stains
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with FeOx inclusions
Fossilized shell or brachiopod
Likely a calcareous brachiopod or bivalve fossil; exact identification requires clearer detail and scale
Sandstone (likely a river or beach pebble)
Sandstone (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with suspended copper, cobalt, or manganese particles
Tumbled ruby or ruby-bearing corundum
Corundum (Al₂O₃), red variety colored mainly by chromium
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Avanturine Glass (or Aventurine Glass)
Natural Freshwater Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Calcite), CaCO3
Tumbled dark river pebble, probably basalt
Fine-grained mafic volcanic rock, most likely basalt; exact identification requires testing
Carved Gemstone Mushroom
Quartz / Feldspar composite (Carved lapidary art)
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Rounded brown sandstone or weathered river cobble
Likely quartz-rich sandstone; exact identification requires a fresh surface and tests
Moldavite
Moldavite (Siliceous vitreous substance)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Iron-stained Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper (Quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Septarian Pebble
Septarian nodule / Concretion
Red Jasper with Quartz Veining
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Yellow Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Chalcedony Pebble
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Geode with Quartz Druzy
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with macrocrystalline Quartz
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Diamond
Natural Diamond (Carbon, C)
Tumbled dark stone, likely basalt or chert
Basalt (fine-grained mafic rock), possibly weathered chert; exact identification requires testing
Fluorite on Matrix
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Tumbled greenstone/chlorite-rich pebble
Likely chlorite-rich greenschist or altered basalt; exact identification requires testing
Calcite (likely chalky calcite fragment)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C) if diamond, various if simulant
Quartz (Rock Crystal) with minor impurities
Quartz (SiO2)
Grey Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (formed by low-grade regional metamorphism of shale or mudstone)
Concrete fragment or Conglomerate
Artificial Conglomerate (Concrete) or Natural Conglomerate
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)