Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz Vein in Schist
Quartz (SiO2) in Mica Schist
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Limonite/Hematite inclusions
Mookaite Jasper
Radiolarite (SiO2 with impurities)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amphibolite with Hornblende
Amphibole-rich Metamorphic Rock (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Black Tourmaline in Quartz
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4) in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Scoria (Lava Rock)
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria
Granite
Plutonic felsic igneous rock
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic Igneous Rock)
Sandstone
Arenite (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Andesite
Andesite (Intermediate Volcanic Rock)
Pink Granite
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive rock)
Andesite
Andesite (Intermediate Volcanic Rock)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Almandine-Pyrope Garnet)
Sandstone (Greywacke/Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Basalt with Quartz Veins
Amygdaloidal Basalt (matrix) with Crystalline SiO2 (veins)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic volcanic rock)
Garnet Schist or Garnet-bearing Quartzite
Metamorphic rock containing Almandine Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) and Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Quartz Variety)
Chert (mostly SiO2 / Silicon Dioxide)
Felsic Igneous Rock (likely Rhyolite or weathered Granite)
Felsic Volcanic/Plutonic Rock
Porphyritic Basalt (Chinese Writing Stone)
Porphyritic Basalt or Porphyritic Andesite
Druzy Quartz (on Quartzite or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Turquoise in Matrix
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminum (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Quartz in Matrix (possibly with Biotite or Hornblende)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) in Granitic Matrix
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossilized Brachiopod/Bivalve in Limestone
Brachiopoda or Bivalvia fossil in Calcite/Limestone (CaCO3)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Basalt
Basalt (extrusive igneous rock)
Arkosic Sandstone
Arkose (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (Fe-rich)
Limestone
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Sandstone (lithic/greywacke variety)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with various lithic fragments)
Eclogite
Eclogite (comprising Omphacite and Garnet)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Crushed Limestone (Gravel)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)