Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
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Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Pink tourmaline crystal (probable)
Elbaite tourmaline, Na(Li,Al)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Tumbled dark stone, likely basalt or chert
Basalt (fine-grained mafic rock), possibly weathered chert; exact identification requires testing
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly quartzite or hydrothermal quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron oxides; exact host rock uncertain from the photograph
Chert (variations include Chalcedony and Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Greenstone / altered basalt fragment
Likely chlorite–epidote–actinolite altered basalt; exact identification requires testing
Banded Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
River Rocks (Polished River Pebbles)
Stream-rounded clastic sediments
Fossilized Horn Coral
Rugosa (Tetracoralla)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (Quartz/Chalcedony - SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint for dark variants)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Carved lavender chalcedony (likely agate) animal figurine
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; probable chalcedony or pale lavender agate
Rose quartz (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), pink variety
Limestone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz-rich pegmatite with mica and dark inclusions
Pegmatite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), with feldspar and biotite/tourmaline inclusions
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky quartz (likely quartzite or massive quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Polished porphyritic basalt (likely)
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock; visible inclusions may be olivine, feldspar, or vesicle infillings
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Siltstone variety)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with assorted mineral fragments)
Rounded gray stone, likely quartz-rich granitic rock
Probable granite or granitic gneiss; mainly quartz, feldspar, and mica
Likely polished garnet fragment
Garnet group, possibly almandine (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Fossilized ammonite (likely weathered ammonite cross-section)
Ammonoidea; commonly Jurassic–Cretaceous ammonite fossils replaced by calcite or aragonite
Biotite-bearing gneiss or schist
Quartz–feldspar–biotite metamorphic rock
Sandstone (Micaceous/Feldspathic variant)
Arenite (specifically subarkose or lithic arenite)
Tumbled quartz (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert (with Quartz veins)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Fossiliferous)
Arenite / Sedimentum arenaceum
Red jasper (likely hematite-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides, chiefly hematite (Fe₂O₃)
Tumbled ruby-bearing corundum
Corundum (Al₂O₃), likely ruby variety
Tumbled yellow jasper or serpentine
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂); possible serpentine: Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Polished dark-green stone, possibly serpentine or nephrite jade
Serpentine-group minerals, commonly antigorite/lizardite; possible nephrite (actinolite–tremolite amphibole)
Chert / River Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Arenite (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2, often with iron oxides like Limonite)
Chert (specifically Flint or Common Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Chert (specifically Flint or Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Rhyolite or jasper-bearing volcanic rock
Rhyolite, likely altered and silicified; red coloration may come from hematite