Chert (Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
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Chert (Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (Granite)
Quartz on Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Granite
Felsic Plutonic Igneous Rock
Schist
Crystalline Metamorphic Rock (Schist)
Man-made Metal Pin (Non-geological)
Antimony-Lead Alloy or Zinc/Brass Base with Electroplating
Rounded brown pebble, likely quartz-rich sandstone or weathered quartzite
Indeterminate; probable quartz (SiO₂)-rich sandstone/quartzite with iron-oxide staining
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz-veined metamorphic rock, likely greenschist or altered basalt
Chlorite–actinolite schist or metabasalt with a milky quartz vein
Orbicular granite (likely rapakivi-type granite)
Granite; chiefly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and biotite/hornblende
River Pebble (likely Quartzite or Diorite)
Metamorphosed Quartz-rich Rock / Intermediate Igneous Rock
Fossil shell fragment
Indeterminate molluscan bioclast, likely aragonite or calcite
Fossilized Brachiopod Shell
Order Spiriferida (likely)
N/A - Image does not contain a rock or mineral
Anthropogenic textile material
Sandstone (Arkose)
Arkose Sandstone (SiO2 with KAlSi3O8)
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Amethyst and Calcite collection
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) and Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Bivalve Seashell Fossil
Class Bivalvia
Quartzite river stone
Quartzite (SiO2 silicon dioxide)
Iron-rich vesicular rock, possibly slag or basalt
Uncertain; likely basaltic rock (plagioclase–pyroxene–iron oxide) or industrial iron slag
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Porous quartz-rich rock, likely weathered rhyolite or silicified volcanic breccia
Rhyolite or volcanic breccia; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with altered feldspar and iron oxides
Basalt (Weathered River Stone)
Basalt (SiO2 concentration approx. 45-52%)
Basalt (with possible fluidal texture)
Basalt (Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock)
Basalt Pebble
Extrusive Mafic Igneous Rock
Basalt (Weathered Pebble)
Extrusive mafic igneous rock; minerals primarily Plagioclase feldspar and Pyroxene
Milky quartz (likely quartz-rich rock)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Vesicular Basalt with Lichen
Vesicular Basalt
Quartz with Feldspar
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Potassium Feldspar (KAlSi3O8)
Quartzite River Rock
Quartzite (SiO2)
Granite Pebble
Granite (Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock (SiO2 > 69%)
Granite (Dioritic variant)
Granite (Phaneritic Igneous Rock)
Granite Pebble
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive)
Quartz (Milky or Smoky variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled blue-green stone, likely aquamarine-bearing pegmatite or blue apatite
Probable fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH), though visual identification is uncertain
Basalt
Basalt
Jasper
Silicon dioxide, SiO2