Blue Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Category
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Blue Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Tumbled quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartz-bearing chert or jasper; primarily microcrystalline SiO₂
Tumbled agate/chalcedony pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brown/banded agate or jasper
Blue Onyx (Dyed Agate/Chalky Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Copper slag or vesicular basalt with copper minerals
Industrial slag / Basaltic matrix with secondary copper minerals
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished dark stone, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and magnetite
Druzy chalcedony pendant, likely coated or dyed
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chalcedony with druzy quartz; surface may have titanium or metallic coating
Green agate/geode slab
Cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, likely agate with druzy quartz
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety of Chalcedony
Possible flint (chert) fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called flint when dark and nodular
Iron-rich laterite or weathered ironstone
Goethite–hematite-bearing ferruginous duricrust; commonly approximated as FeO(OH) and Fe₂O₃
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety Agate / Chalcedony
Dyed Agate
SiO2 (Chalcedony/Agate)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iridescent bismuth crystal
Bismuth (Bi), commonly laboratory-grown and oxide-coated
Likely jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium), CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Polished vesicular basalt (likely iron-rich volcanic rock)
Basalt, predominantly plagioclase–pyroxene–olivine; surface may include iron-oxide minerals or metallic-looking infill
Likely slag or metallic industrial byproduct
Unidentified iron-rich ferrous slag; possibly magnetite-bearing slag
Red coral (likely precious coral)
Corallium sp.; calcium-carbonate skeleton, primarily calcite
Clear Quartz (Milky Quartz pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished black stone, likely black jasper or basalt
Most likely microcrystalline quartz (black jasper/chert), SiO₂; basalt is a plausible alternative
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Weathered brown iron-rich pebble
Likely ferruginous sandstone or ironstone; exact identification requires testing
Tumbled smoky quartz (probable)
Quartz, SiO₂; smoky variety colored by irradiation-related defects
Banded Agate (Dyed Purple)
Agate (Variety of Chalcedony/Quartz), SiO2
Blue slag glass / industrial smelter slag
Man-made iron-rich silicate slag; composition variable, commonly Fe–Ca–Mg–Al silicates with glassy phases
Dyed Quartzite (Pink/Magenta)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Artificially Colored Quartzite
Blue Topaz
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2]
Dark basalt or industrial slag (tentative)
Basalt; predominantly plagioclase and pyroxene, possibly with olivine
Blue Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Likely weathered iron-rich rock or slag fragment
Indeterminate; possibly limonite/goethite-bearing rock (FeO(OH)·nH₂O) or industrial iron slag
Yellow Agate
SiO2 (Quartz variety)
Smoky quartz (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), naturally irradiated variety
Dyed tumbled quartz (likely quartzite or quartz crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dyed agate slice
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), typically banded chalcedony
Slag Glass / Industrial Slag
Anthropogenic Glass
Possible hematite-rich ironstone or magnetite-bearing specimen
Likely hematite (Fe₂O₃), magnetite (Fe₃O₄), or an iron-rich slag-like geological specimen
Tumbled sandstone pebble
Sandstone, primarily quartz (SiO₂) with feldspar and iron-oxide cement
Pink Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)