Lodolite (Garden Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions (Chlorite, Hematite, etc.)
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Lodolite (Garden Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions (Chlorite, Hematite, etc.)
Natural or Cultured Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin), CaCO3
Blue Sapphire (Synthetic or Man-made Glass Imitation)
Corundum (Al2O3) if natural; Lead-glass or Spinal if synthetic
Blue-green turquoise-like tumbled stone
Turquoise, hydrous copper aluminum phosphate: CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Amber
Fossilized Tree Resin (Succinite for Baltic varieties)
Larimar
Pectolite (NaCa2Si3O8(OH))
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (Rock composed primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Silicate mineral: Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Dyed Quartz / Rose Quartz Imitation
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Amethyst cluster
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), purple variety colored mainly by iron impurities and irradiation
Dalmatian jasper
Dalmatian stone, typically a leucocratic alkali-feldspar-rich porphyritic igneous rock with black arfvedsonite or aegirine inclusions
Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of orthorhombic Aragonite and Conchiolin
Moonstone
Orthoclase Feldspar (containing Albite lamellae), (KAlSi3O8)
Turquoise (Dyed Howlite/Magnesite imitation)
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Target mineral) / Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 (Actual specimen: Howlite)
Likely polished garnet fragment
Garnet group, possibly almandine (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Tumbled tiger’s-eye
Tiger’s-eye quartz, SiO₂ with fibrous crocidolite pseudomorphs
Tumbled turquoise
Turquoise — hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Pearl (Biogenic Mineraloid)
Calcium carbonate (Aragonite) and Conchiolin, CaCO3
Chrysocolla in Malachite
Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) / Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (Chrysocolla)
Turquoise (likely Sleeping Beauty variety or treated Howlite imitation)
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Pearl (Biogenic Gemstone)
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Calcite) with Conchiolin
Amethyst (Large Cluster)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Tahitian Pearl
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite), CaCO3
Clear Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Turquoise cabochon
Turquoise — hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Polished tiger’s-eye
Chatoyant quartz, mainly fibrous crocidolite pseudomorphed by quartz (SiO₂)
Sapphire (Blue)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Shell Cameo (Sardonyx Shell)
Cassis madagascariensis (Sardonyx shell)
Black Pearl (Tahitian Pearl)
Aragonite / Calcite (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Black Onyx
Black Chalcedony (SiO2)
Carved lavender chalcedony (likely agate) animal figurine
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; probable chalcedony or pale lavender agate
Blue-dyed howlite beads (likely)
Howlite, Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅, commonly dyed blue to imitate turquoise
Pearls
Aragonite (calcium carbonate) and Conchiolin
Lapis lazuli and green-blue chalcedony jewelry
Lapis lazuli: lazurite-bearing metamorphic rock, chiefly lazurite (Na₃Ca(Al₃Si₃O₁₂)S) with calcite and pyrite; second stone: likely chrysoprase or green-blue chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Lapis Lazuli
Complex mixture containing Lazurite ((Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2), Calcite, and Pyrite
Blue Aventurine
Quartzite with Dumortierite inclusions (SiO2 + Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Amber
Fossilized tree resin (mainly polymerized diterpenoid resin)
Tumbled amber-like inclusion
Likely amber (fossilized tree resin; complex polymer), but identification is uncertain from the image
Amber (likely rough amber)
Fossilized plant resin; predominantly polymerized terpenoid resin (succinite if Baltic-type)
Colorless faceted gemstone (likely cubic zirconia)
Cubic zirconia, zirconium dioxide (ZrO₂); possibly synthetic quartz or glass imitation
Amber
Succinite (specifically for Baltic amber; general formula C10H16O)
Malachite
Malachite - Cu2CO3(OH)2