Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
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Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon carbide (SiC)
Chert (specifically White Chert or Flint)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Granite (Pink/Potassium Feldspar Granite)
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Potassium Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, and Amphibole)
Pink feldspar-bearing granite or pegmatite fragment
Mostly potassium feldspar (orthoclase/microcline), quartz, and minor mica; exact identification requires testing
Agatized Dinosaur Bone
Permineralized Dinosaur Bone (Silicified/Agatized Bone)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Chert (Red Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished green stone, likely serpentine or altered basalt
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄; exact identification requires testing
Polished brown stone, likely smoky quartz or jasper
Tentatively quartz (SiO₂), possibly smoky quartz; exact identification requires testing
Tumbled black-and-white stone, likely dendritic agate or jasper
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly chalcedony with manganese-oxide dendrites
Raw green aventurine (likely quartzite)
Quartz-rich quartzite, chiefly microcrystalline SiO₂ with green mica/fuchsite or chlorite
Tumbled greenstone, likely nephrite jade
Nephrite jade (interlocking tremolite–actinolite amphibole; Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂)
River Cobble (Basaltic/Andesitic)
Mafic Igneous Porphyritic Rock
Micro-crystalline Quartz Pebble (Chert)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black Jasper (Black Stone / River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂), Opaque variety of Chalcedony
Iron-rich quartzite or weathered ironstone
Quartzite dominated by quartz (SiO₂), with iron oxides/hydroxides such as hematite and goethite
Vesicular volcanic scoria (likely weathered basaltic scoria)
Scoria; chiefly vesicular basalt, composed mainly of plagioclase, pyroxene, and iron-rich glass
Banded Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Black Chert/Flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Weathered volcanic rock, likely vesicular basalt or scoria
Basaltic volcanic rock; predominantly plagioclase, pyroxene, and possibly olivine with iron-oxide weathering
Yellow Quartzite (River Pebble)
Metamorphic Quartzite (predominantly SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper (Red Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Fossil Coral (Favosites Honeycomb)
Favosites (Genus), Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa
Jasper with Quartz Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely quartzite
Quartzite; predominantly crystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with mica and feldspar
Quartz geode (likely amethyst-bearing)
Silica geode; quartz, SiO₂, with possible amethyst and minor iron oxides
Chert (and its variety Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz
Rounded yellow-brown pebble
Likely iron-stained sandstone or quartz-rich river cobble
Tumbled pink feldspar-rich stone, likely granite or microcline
Feldspar-dominant granitoid; probable potassium feldspar (orthoclase/microcline, KAlSi₃O₈) with quartz and minor iron-stained minerals
Chert (Jasper focus)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Seashell Fossil
Invertebrate fossil (phylum Mollusca)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood / Xylopal
Agate (Geode/Nodule)
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline silica, SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Petrified Wood (Agatized/Silicified Wood)
Silicified Wood / Chalcedony (SiO2)