Chert (Flint) Nodule
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (Flint) Nodule
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Grey Chert)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Agate (specifically Carnelian Agate slice)
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz), SiO2
Glauconite
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
River Pebble (Likely Chert or Fine-Grained Sandstone/Quartzite)
Siliciclastic clast (likely Chert or Quartzarenite/Quartzite pebble)
Chert / River Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Azurite Geode
Azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2)
Gold (in Opaque Matrix/Jewelry)
Native Gold (Au)
Azurite and Malachite on Matrix
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 (Azurite) and Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite)
Green Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) bonded with metallic vapors (typically Gold, Chromium, or Titanium)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite (Banded Honey Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert (Pebble)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Native Sulfur
Sulfur (S8)
Likely iron-rich chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), variably stained by iron oxides/hydroxides
Slate
Slate (Metamorphic Rock)
Halite (Rock Salt)
Halite; NaCl (Sodium Chloride)
Chert / Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Calcareous Tufa / Limestone Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Gray Chalcedony)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly laterite or limonite-bearing sandstone
Laterite/limonite-rich material; commonly dominated by goethite (FeO(OH)) and hydrated iron oxides
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Red Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz and Feldspar with Iron Oxide cement)
Chert (Green Chert or Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Jasper (Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Agate in Rhyolite
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz/Chalcedony) in Volcanic Rock matrix
Chert (Green variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Halite
Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)
Quartz Druze on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (variously known as Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)