Megalodon Shark Tooth
Otodus megalodon
Category
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Megalodon Shark Tooth
Otodus megalodon
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chert variety
Likely polished leopard-skin jasper or brecciated jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions; exact variety cannot be confirmed from the image alone
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C) or Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Seashell Fragment
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) - primarily Aragonite or Calcite
Diamond (Cut Gemstone)
Carbon (C)
Chert (specifically Yellow/Brown Chert or Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Green Banded Chert (Agate/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities of Chlorite or Glauconite
Chert (Flint variety)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz), SiO2
Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Basalt
Basalt (extrusive igneous rock)
Slate
Metamorphic Pelitic Rock
Chert (Jasper/Flint variant)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tiger Iron
Tiger Iron (Hematite, Red Jasper, and Chert/Tiger's Eye composite)
Tiger Iron
Tiger Iron (Hematite, Red Jasper, and Chert/Tiger's Eye composite)
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Granodiorite
Phaneritic Plutonic Intermediate-Felsic Rock
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Blue Lace Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with trace inclusions
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Pearl
Biogenic CaCO3 (Aragonite and Calcite)
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Turquoise
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Diabase (Dolerite)
Diabase / Dolerite
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Synthetic copper-bearing soda-lime glass; commonly sold as red goldstone
Land Snail Shell
Gastropoda (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Pearl (Biogenic Mineraloid)
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) primarily as Aragonite
Granite
Plutonic Igneous Rock (composed typically of SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, CaO)
Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
US Penny
Cuprum (Copper: Cu) and Zincum (Zinc: Zn) Alloy
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Lava Rock (Dyed)
Basalt / Volcanic scoria
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Marble
Marble (metamorphosed limestone or dolostone), primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C) or Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Vesicular Basalt (or Scoria)
Vesicular Basalt
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Granite / Diorite (Granodiorite)
Granodiorite / Quartz Diorite
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic igneous rock)