Iron-rich jasper or weathered hematite-bearing rock
Ferruginous jasper, primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides such as hematite (Fe₂O₃) and goethite (FeO(OH))
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Iron-rich jasper or weathered hematite-bearing rock
Ferruginous jasper, primarily microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron oxides such as hematite (Fe₂O₃) and goethite (FeO(OH))
Banded Chert
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Red Jasper (SiO2 with Hematite inclusions)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Tumbled jasper or iron-stained chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely jasper/chert with iron-oxide staining
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Polished red jasper beads
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Polished ocean jasper (orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony with iron oxides and accessory minerals; SiO₂-dominant
Rounded limestone pebble
Micritic limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃)
Jasper River Stone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Blue Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz), SiO2
Black tumbled stone, likely basalt or black jasper
Most consistent with fine-grained basalt (mainly plagioclase and pyroxene); exact identification requires testing
Brecciated Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2
Dark fine-grained rock, likely basalt
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine and iron oxides
Vesicular volcanic rock, likely pumice or scoria
Pumice (highly vesicular rhyolitic–andesitic volcanic glass) or scoria (vesicular basaltic–andesitic rock)
Polished dendritic jasper or agate
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron/manganese oxide dendrites and earthy inclusions
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled blue chalcedony (likely blue agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony/agate variety
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Banded Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide Inclusions (SiO2)
Jasper Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chalcedony), SiO2
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate (Dyed Blue)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Tumbled green stone, likely serpentine or green jasper
Probable serpentine-group mineral (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄) or microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony
Yellow Quartz (possibly dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished native copper
Native copper (Cu), likely with cuprite/tenorite oxidation products
Likely rough garnet-bearing metamorphic rock
Garnet schist or garnet amphibolite; reddish areas may be almandine garnet (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Tumbled red-brown jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide impurities
Magnetic Hematite
Magnetized Hematite (an iron oxide mineral, Fe2O3, that has undergone magnetization)
Tumbled jasper or chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained jasper
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide colorants
Red jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides
Snowflake obsidian cabochon
Obsidian (volcanic glass), SiO₂-rich; white areas are cristobalite/spherulitic devitrification
Chert (Yellow Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Jasper Pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Tumbled brown stone, likely chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), probable chert/jasper
Red Jasper with Quartz Veining
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Tumbled chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chert/jasper
Red jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, colored by iron oxides