Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct
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Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct
Tumbled brown jasper / chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called jasper or brown chert
Concrete aggregate surface
Human-made cementitious composite; primarily calcium-silicate-hydrate cement with mixed silicate aggregate
Weathered stone, likely sandstone or altered volcanic rock
Indeterminate; possibly quartz-rich sandstone or weathered tuff
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomeratic aggregate / pebble-rich concrete-like rock
Polymictic conglomerate (likely glacial or beach-derived gravel matrix); exact identification uncertain from image
Dyed Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Polished lapis lazuli
Lapis lazuli: lazurite-rich rock, chiefly Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12S; commonly contains calcite and pyrite
Tumbled amethyst
Amethyst, purple variety of quartz (SiO₂)
Blue Agate Geode Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Painted River Pebble (likely Basalt or Greywacke)
Aphanitic Lithic Clast with Anthropogenic Pigment coating
Rounded sandstone pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone (primarily quartz, with feldspar and iron-oxide cement)
Dyed Agate
SiO2
Titanium Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with Titanium
Red Dyed Howlite
Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Dyed and Crackle Agate
Silicon dioxide (chalcedony, SiO2)
Green Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Dyed Quartz Crystals
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Polished sedimentary pebble, likely sandstone or quartzite
Quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂-dominant), possibly weakly metamorphosed quartzite
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Ferrochrome Slag
Anthropogenic silicate/oxide glass (Complex silicate matrix with Cr-Fe-Si inclusions)
Purple Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide with crocidolite inclusions (SiO2)
Likely vertebra fossil or bone fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebra; mineralized hydroxyapatite, commonly Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)
Hag Stone (Odin Stone / Adder Stone)
Perforated Pebble (commonly Chert, Mudstone, or Limestone)
Dyed Pink Agate Slice
Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO2)
Yellow jasper pebble (possibly iron-stained chert)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; jasper is an opaque variety of chalcedony
Blue Topaz
Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Likely polished black-and-white stone fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly tourmalinated quartz, black-and-white jasper, or coated stone
Dyed Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with artificial colorant
Purple Chalcedony (likely dyed Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled Agate (Dyed Blue)
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony variety)
Dyed Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Likely weathered quartz-rich rock fragment
Uncertain; possibly quartz sandstone or a pale feldspathic rock
Dyed Purple Agate Sliced Tablet
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), variety Chalcedony
Yellow Chalcedony (Tumbled/Cabochon)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Likely tumbled sandstone or limestone
Quartz-rich sandstone (possibly calcarenite/limestone)
Tumbled carnelian (orange chalcedony)
Carnelian, a microcrystalline variety of quartz; silicon dioxide (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Quartz (Citrine or Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)