Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
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Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert or Chalcedony
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Muscovite Mica (in Quartz matrix)
Potassium aluminum silicate hydroxide fluoride (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
Quartz-rich rock, likely milky quartz vein material
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly iron-stained massive quartz with minor feldspar or mica
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Blue Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with inclusions like Dumortierite or Magnesio-riebeckite)
Quartzite
Quartzite (Primary mineral: SiO2)
Basalt with Quartz Vein
Basalt (fine-grained mafic igneous rock) with crystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Green Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with trace impurities)
Quartzite (Ferruginous)
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Calcium Fluorophosphate - Ca5(PO4)3F
Magnetite (Iron Ore)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Sparkling Druzy Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Likely greenstone (serpentinized ultramafic rock)
Serpentinite, dominated by serpentine-group minerals (chrysotile/lizardite/antigorite), possibly with chlorite or epidote
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphic quartz arenite
Quartzite
Quartzite (Metamorphic Rock)
Chert (specifically Zebra Chert/Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Yellow/Iron-stained Quartzite or Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Altered Host Rock
Fossilized Crab Carapace (Concretion)
Decapoda (fossil), typically preserved in calcite or siderite concretion
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Chert (or Chalcedony) Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions (SiO2)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Quartzite Pebble
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Quartz Sand and Gravel
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Travertine (Tufa)
Chemical Limestone (CaCO3)
Banded Chert Arrowhead (Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Carnelian Agate Nodule
Chalcedony (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Chert (Field Stone)
Chert (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Smoky Quartz / Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)