Fossiliferous shale or mudstone with a brachiopod fossil
Likely a spiriferid brachiopod fossil in dark shale/mudstone; exact species and age require locality and examination
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Fossiliferous shale or mudstone with a brachiopod fossil
Likely a spiriferid brachiopod fossil in dark shale/mudstone; exact species and age require locality and examination
Quartz geode (likely druzy quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Celestite Geode
Celestine (Strontium Sulfate, SrSO4)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂), a variety of Chalcedony
Tumbled green serpentine (probable)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite and lizardite; hydrated magnesium silicate, approximately Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Blue Celestite (Celestine) Cluster
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)
Brecciated jasper (likely silicified breccia)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide matrix and lithic fragments
Herkimer Diamond
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Mixed polished rock/mineral specimens
Indeterminate from image; likely quartz-bearing material with iron-oxide staining and possibly mica-rich schist
Unidentified coarse-grained rock fragments
Likely granite or granitic rock; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Epidosite
Epidosite (composed primarily of Epidote and Quartz)
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Tumbled serpentine (likely bowenite/antigorite)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite or lizardite; commonly Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand)
Glauconitic Sandstone ((K, Na)(Fe3+, Al, Mg)2(Si, Al)4O10(OH)2)
Polished ruby-in-fuchsite (tentative)
Fuchsite mica with corundum (ruby), commonly in quartzite or mica schist
Moonstone
Orthoclase / Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Limonite and Goethite Iron Ore
Hydrated Iron Oxide Hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Green aventurine (likely)
Quartz variety, SiO₂, colored commonly by fuchsite mica or chlorite
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Blue glass-like tumbled specimen
Most likely cobalt-blue slag glass or manufactured glass; not confidently identifiable as a natural mineral from the image
Fossil Coral (Rugose)
Rugosa (Order), often preserved in Limestone (CaCO3)
Quartz-rich sandstone (possibly arkosic sandstone)
Clastic sandstone composed mainly of quartz (SiO₂), with feldspar and mica fragments cemented by silica or carbonate
Tumbled sodalite (probable)
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂; possibly blue-gray lapis lazuli or dumortierite
Quartz Druze
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2-rich extrusive igneous rock)
Milky quartz in weathered host rock
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely occurring in altered igneous or metamorphic matrix
Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with fuchsite inclusions
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Iron (Fe) impurities
Amethyst Geode (Carved)
Amethyst (Violet Crystalline Quartz - SiO2)
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8), Microcline (potassium feldspar)
Translucent agate/chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony with agate-like banding
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Manganese or Iron oxide
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron impurities
Green Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (Ironstone)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide Cement (FeO(OH)·nH2O / Fe2O3)
Dalmatian Stone (Dalmation Jasper)
Aplite with Arfvedsonite inclusions
Polished septarian nodule
Calcite–aragonite–barite septarian concretion, commonly in a claystone or limestone matrix
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8) - Lead-bearing Microcline (Potassium Feldspar)
Polished pink-and-gray stone, likely rhodonite-bearing rock
Rhodonite (MnSiO₃) in a manganese-rich metamorphic matrix; exact identification requires testing
Almandine Garnet
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3