Tumbled honey calcite
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)
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Tumbled honey calcite
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)
Iron-rich concretion or weathered ironstone
Goethite–hematite-rich limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O / Fe₂O₃)
Tumbled green fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)
Chert pebble
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Tumbled yellow calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely honey/yellow calcite
Honey calcite (calcareous mineral specimen)
Calcite, CaCO₃; likely honey/yellow calcite with minor iron-oxide staining
Chert
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Black Chert)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Septarian Nodule (Dragon Stone)
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 + CaMg(CO3)2 + SiO2)
White quartz geode nodule
Quartz (SiO₂), likely a quartz-lined geode or vug in a host rock
Iron-rich sandstone (Gozan/Ironstone)
Ferruginous Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely milky quartz (SiO₂), possibly a quartz-rich vein fragment
Small ironstone pebble (likely limonite/goethite-rich concretion)
Goethite, α-FeO(OH), with possible limonite and quartz or clay impurities
Jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Banded Calcite (Mexican Onyx)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Soil Clod / Caliche Nodules
Pedogenic Calcrete / Clay aggregate
Chrysocolla in Matrix
Hydrated copper phyllosilicate, (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O
Dendritic Siltstone (or Mudstone)
Siltstone with Manganese Oxide dendrites
Chert (with Manganese Dendrites)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (and Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished orange calcite sphere
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely honey/orange calcite
Quartz Geode (Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone
Arenite with iron oxide cement (predominantly SiO2 with Fe2O3)
Banded agate (likely polished/tumbled)
Agate, a banded variety of chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Limestone
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) / Limestone
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Bandized Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Flint Flake)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich concretion
Goethite–hematite limonite concretion, likely with quartz and clay minerals
Likely tumbled white quartz or quartzite pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite
Orange calcite
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)
Honey calcite (yellow calcite)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Chert (River Pebble)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Banded Calcite (often sold as 'Mexican Onyx' or 'Green Onyx')
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Geode form
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Concretion (likely iron-rich sandstone or claystone concretion)
Diagenetic carbonate/iron-oxide concretion; exact mineralogy requires testing
Blue-green calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely copper-bearing or otherwise inclusions-colored
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) / Ironstone Conglomerate
Ironstone (Hematite/Goethite rich sedimentary rock)
Calcite (likely chalky calcite fragment)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)