Amber (likely a small rough amber piece)
Fossilized plant resin; amber is an organic mineraloid, not a crystalline mineral
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Amber (likely a small rough amber piece)
Fossilized plant resin; amber is an organic mineraloid, not a crystalline mineral
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin
Precious Red Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Amber
Organic gemstone (Succinite)
Amber
Succinates (Organic Gemstone)
Herkimer Diamond
Quartz (Silica - SiO2)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
Precious Coral (Red Coral)
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Amber and Citrine Quartz
Succinite (Amber) and Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 / Citrine)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Agate (Moss or Green Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amber (Copal)
Succinite (fossilized resin)
Amber
Succinicum (C10H16O)
Turquoise-and-coral silver jewelry brooch
Turquoise: hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O; red cabochons appear to be coral, likely set in silver
Moss Agate / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Raw Amber / Resin Mineral
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Red coral cabochon (likely dyed or reconstructed coral)
Corallium rubrum or other calcareous coral; chiefly aragonite (CaCO₃)
Amber (Copal)
Fossilized Tree Resin
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Green Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Mineral Inclusions
Portable Ceramic Space Heater
Polished Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Plastic with Ceramic Heating Elements
Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
White Coral
Corallium rubrum (biocarbonate calcium) / CaCO3
Polished plume agate
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂) with iron-oxide inclusions
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Rough Amber (likely Copal or immature Amber)
Organic gemstone / Succinite (if Baltic)
Pink Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Pink Opal
Amorphous Hydrous Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Manganese or Iron oxides
Likely bituminous coal
Coal, predominantly carbon-rich organic matter; exact rank cannot be confirmed from the image
Amber
Succinicum (Organic Gemstone - Resinite)
Amber (specifically Cherry Amber)
Succinite (with the chemical formula C10H16O)
Fossil bivalve shell
Likely an extinct or modern-like ribbed cockle/scallop; exact genus requires locality and diagnostic hinge features
Tufa Rock and Tumbled Gemstones
Calcareous Tufa (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Turquoise and Red Coral
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Turquoise) and Corallium rubrum (Red Coral)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished moss agate (likely dendritic agate)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with inclusions of manganese/iron oxides or hornblende
Pearl
Nacre (aragonite, CaCO₃, with conchiolin)
Tumbled brown agate (likely moss or plume agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, chiefly chalcedony (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and possibly mineral inclusions
Amber (Raw)
Succinite (Fossilized Resin)