Petrified Wood (Jet or Coalified Wood appearance)
Silicified wood (principally SiO2) or Carbonized Wood
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Petrified Wood (Jet or Coalified Wood appearance)
Silicified wood (principally SiO2) or Carbonized Wood
Amazonite
Potassium Feldspar (Microcline), K(AlSi3O8)
Quartz Pebble (Chalcedony/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely with Quartz Veining)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Vesicular Basalt (Lava Rock)
Basalt with vesicular texture
Agate (or Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Common Green Opal
Hydrated amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2·nH2O)
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Wishing Stone
Greenschist or Basalt with Quartz/Calcite Vein
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper (Amygdaloidal Basalt with Agate)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) in Basalt host
Amazonite
K(AlSi3O8), Microcline (potassium feldspar)
Gold in Quartz
Hydrothermal Quartz with Native Gold (SiO2 with Au)
Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Coquina or Fossilized Shell Aggregate
Calcareous bioclastic sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Cubic Zirconia
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss
Yellow Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Sodalite
Sodalite - Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Turquoise (likely Sleeping Beauty variety or treated Howlite imitation)
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxides
Libyan Desert Glass
Tektite (high-silica impact glass), SiO2 + tracing minerals
Tiger's Eye (Tumbled Blue/Black-Golden variety)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with Iron inclusions)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone or similar Favosites)
Hexagonaria percarinata / Favosites (Silurian-Devonian Coral)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Paraiba Tourmaline
Elbaite Tourmaline (Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4) - Copper-bearing
Pyromorphite on Epidote
Pyromorphite [Pb5(PO4)3Cl] and Epidote [Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)3(OH)]
Fairy Stone (Staurolite)
Staurolite (Fe2+2Al9Si4O22(OH)2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Green Quartz (Prasiolite/Adventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Chert (Jasper variation)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Quartzite River Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Sandstone (SiO2)
White Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (or Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Fluorite (Green)
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Milky Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Apatite - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Quartz Geode (Cracked)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)