Carrara Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Category
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Carrara Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Connemara Marble
Calcitic Marble / Serpentinite composite
Blue-gray limestone or marble fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; likely calcitic marble (CaCO₃), though limestone is possible
Pink calcite marble (probable)
Calcite, CaCO₃; recrystallized limestone (marble)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Metamorphic Rock containing Lazurite, Calcite, Pyrite, and Sodalite)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex aggregate containing Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl)2)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Red Marble)
Bioclastic Limestone (CaCO3)
Blue Apatite
Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (composed primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Rock containing Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,SO4,Cl)1-2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Optical Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Carrara Marble
Metamorphosed Limestone (principally Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartzite on Matrix
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within metamorphic matrix
Ruby (set in a gold pendant)
Ruby (Variety of Corundum, Al2O3)
Weathered limestone fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (CaCO₃), possibly chalky or fossiliferous limestone
Seashell Fragment (Aragonite/Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Shell fragment
Black-and-white patterned stone, possibly zebra marble
Uncertain from the image; likely calcite marble with dark mineral veining or inclusions
Tumbled cream-colored stone, likely calcite or marble
Calcite (CaCO₃), possibly recrystallized as marble
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex rock primarily composed of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Dark gray veined metamorphic rock
Likely marble or quartzite; exact identification requires hardness and acid tests
Honey Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Small pale mineral fragment, likely quartz or calcite
Quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃); exact identification requires testing
Orange Calcite (Cleavage Rhomb)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Clear calcite cleavage fragment
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)
Tumbled white-gray stone, likely calcite or marble
Calcite (CaCO₃), possibly fine-grained marble (recrystallized calcite)
Lapis Lazuli (in Matrix)
Na8[Al6Si6O24]S2 (Lazurite as the primary component)
White Calcite (Dogtooth Spar or Crystalline Calcite)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (primary mineral: Lazurite, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Rounded limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue calcite (likely)
Calcite, CaCO₃
Calcite (Optical or Clear Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Optical Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Complex silicate rock containing Lazurite: (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Lapis Lazuli (Carved)
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock (approx. (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl)2)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)