Sandstone or Limestone
Arenite or Calcareous Sedimentary Rock
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Sandstone or Limestone
Arenite or Calcareous Sedimentary Rock
Glacial Cobble (likely Granitic or Gneissic)
Granite/Gneiss Glacial Erratic
Schist
Mica Schist (Medium-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2) within a Chalcedony and Limonite shell
White Topaz
Aluminum Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide; Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Crushed Stone (Basalt/Gabbro)
Mafic Igneous Rock (primarily Plagioclase and Pyroxene)
Limestone (specifically Travertine or Tufa)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Metaconglomerate
Protolith: Conglomerate (comprising SiO2, Al2O3, etc.)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Agate (Common Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Igneous Rock (primarily composed of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase)
Massive Quartz with Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Concretion
Various mineral compositions, typically carbonate or iron oxide cemented sediment
Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron impurities
Banded Sandstone
Arenite with Liesegang banding (primarily SiO2 with FeO(OH) impurities)
Chert (Arrowhead)
Chert (primarily Microcrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a geode
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
K2 Jasper (Beads)
Granodiorite with Azurite and Malachite
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (high-grade metamorphic silicate rock)
Porphyritic Basalt
Basalt (with plagioclase phenocrysts)
Sandstone
Arenite
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (SiO2)
Tiger's Iron
Pseudomorphic Quartz Aggregate (contains SiO2 with Fe2O3 and FeOOH)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Banded Gneiss (River Rock/Pebble)
Gneiss (specifically a banded variety, likely a orthogneiss or paragneiss depending on parent rock)
Sandstone or Limestone
Sedimentary Rock
Chert (Iron-Stained)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky Quartz vein fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt
Mafic volcanic rock (primarily plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene)
Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 oxides)
Green Apophyllite and Stilbite on Quartz Cluster
Apophyllite-(K) (KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH)·8H2O), Stilbite-Ca (NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O), Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Granite
Granite (Mainly Quartz: SiO2, Feldspar: KAlSi3O8 – NaAlSi3O8 – CaAl2Si2O8, and Mica)
Banded Sandstone
Arenite (with iron oxide banding)
Sandstone (Wonderstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 impurities)
Sandstone (Banded Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with iron oxide impurities)
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic Igneous Rock)