Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2)
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Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2)
White Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Quartz (Clear Quartz and Rose Quartz variants)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Carnelian
Carnelian (SiO2 variant)
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Tumbled Amethyst
Quartz (SiO2) with trace amounts of Iron (Fe)
Shale with Vein Infillings
Shale (a fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock). The veins could be Calcite (CaCO3), Quartz (SiO2), or other minerals.
River Pebble (Siltstone/Mudstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock
Agate (or Banded Agate)
Agate (a variety of Chalcedony, which is a cryptocrystalline form of Quartz); Chemical Formula: SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Peridotite
Peridotite (Ultramafic Rock)
Apatite
Fluorapatite, Chlorapatite, and Hydroxylapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH))
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide with hematite impurities (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz with Iron Stains
Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide/hydroxide staining
Limestone (River Stone)
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Painted River Rock (likely Quartzite or Granite)
Quartzite or Granitic Gneiss (painted)
Limonite (Ironstone)
Limonite (mixture of hydrated iron oxides, primarily Goethite α-FeO(OH))
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Matrix
Jasper (River pebble)
Jasper / Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite Concretion (Ironstone)
Limonite (Hydrated Iron(III) Oxide-Hydroxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Sandstone (likely a river or beach pebble)
Sandstone (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Baroque Pearl (and potentially a small Sapphire/Blue Topaz)
Pearl: Calcium Carbonate (aragonite or calcite) with conchiolin. Sapphire: Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3). Blue Topaz: Al2SiO4(F,OH)2.
Banded Chert (River Cobble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 in Schistose matrix)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Botryoidal Chalcedony with Calcite
Chalcedony (SiO2 with accessory minerals, likely CaCO3)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (SiO2)
Iron-stained Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
Sandstone (likely Arkosic or Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with various lithic fragments)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)