Red bead-and-chain costume jewelry, likely glass or plastic
No geological identification; the red beads appear manufactured and cannot be identified as mineral from the image
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Red bead-and-chain costume jewelry, likely glass or plastic
No geological identification; the red beads appear manufactured and cannot be identified as mineral from the image
Greenstone (likely chlorite- or epidote-rich metamorphic rock)
Greenstone; commonly metamorphosed basalt or dolerite, with chlorite, epidote, and actinolite
Granite or Pegmatite in host rock
Granitoid / Felsic Intrusive Rock
Opalite-style glass pendant
Man-made opalescent glass (not natural opal)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Moonstone
Orthoclase (Potassium Aluminum Silicate), Formula: (K,Na)AlSi3O8
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Gneiss (rounded cobble)
Quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss; exact mineral proportions cannot be determined from the image
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica / Glass Slag
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Slag (Anthropogenic Glass/Iron byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Sandstone
Sedimentary Rock (Quartz arenite/Arkose)
Mixed gravel and small stones
Unsorted gravel; individual clasts are not identifiable from the image
Likely blue-gray gneiss
Gneiss, a foliated metamorphic rock; exact mineral composition cannot be confirmed from the image
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
White pebbles (rock material not identifiable from the image)
Undetermined; the smooth, pale pieces could be quartz, quartzite, or another light-colored rock
Polished brecciated jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide staining
Small brown pebble or possible shell fragment
Unidentified natural clast; the image is too small and blurred for reliable identification
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 with various cementing minerals)
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter; exact rank cannot be confirmed from the image
Gravel or Crushed Stone
Fragmented Aggregate Stone
Quartz with Sericite and Cinnabar
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with muscovite/sericite and mercury sulfide (HgS)
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly limonite-bearing basalt or laterite
Indeterminate; likely Fe-oxide/hydroxide–altered mafic rock, dominated by limonite/goethite with silicate minerals
Sandstone
Sedimentary Clastic Rock
Sandstone (with potentially high Feldspar/Arkose content)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 dominated)
Sandstone Pebble
Sandstone (primarily SiO2)
Dendritic jasper/chalcedony
Silica-rich microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with manganese-oxide dendrites
Quartz Vein in Siltstone
SiO2 (Quartz) on clastic sedimentary matrix
Tumbled leopard-skin jasper (probable)
Orbicular rhyolite/jasper; primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with feldspar and iron-oxide inclusions
Quartz-rich rock fragment
Unidentified quartz–feldspar-rich rock; exact lithology cannot be determined from the image
Polished stone clock face, likely agate or jasper
Unconfirmed silica-rich material; possibly banded chalcedony (SiO₂)
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock with Crafts (Pet Rock)
Sedimentary rock decorated with synthetic materials
Smooth gray pebbles
Unidentified rounded rock fragments; composition cannot be determined from the image
Lazulite Quartzite
Quartzite with Lazulite (SiO2 with (Mg,Fe)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2)
Jasper and Epidote in Quartzite
Metamorphic rock containing microcrystalline quartz, epidote, and jasper
Red Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Quartz Vein in Siltstone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Sedimentary/Metamorphic Matrix
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter with variable maceral and mineral content
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock