Jasper (likely Polychrome or Desert Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
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Jasper (likely Polychrome or Desert Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Jasper (likely a variety of Yellow or Mustard Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Bumblebee Jasper
Travertine (Calcite/Aragonite) with Realgar, Pyrite, and Volcanic Ash
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium - CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Quartz Vein in Sandstone
Hydrothermal Quartz (SiO2) in Arenite
Chert
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Limonite/Goethite Concretion
Goethite (FeO(OH))
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Jasperoid)
Chert (chemically precipitated microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3) impurities
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Geode Cluster (Iron-stained Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tufa
Calcareous Tufa (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Iron-rich chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by hematite/goethite inclusions
Red Jasper Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Gold Ore
Native Gold (Au)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (SiO2 based with Fe2O3 banding)
Yellow Ochre / Limonite
Hydrated ferric oxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Psilomelane (Black Hematite varietal)
Barium Manganese Oxide (Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10
Pale limestone
Limestone, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃)
Limonite/Ironstone
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint / Jasper / Hornstone)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Limonite pseudo-concretion (Ironstone)
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) / Goethite
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert
Chert (SiO2)
Celestite
Celestine (SrSO4)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Hematite
Hematite, Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite Concretion
Hydrated Iron Oxide-Hydroxide, FeO(OH)·nH2O
Goethite/Hematite Nodule
Goethite (FeO(OH)) and Hematite (Fe2O3)
Wonderstone Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz-rich metamorphic rock, likely milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂); possibly quartzite composed predominantly of recrystallized quartz
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Goethite and related iron hydroxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)