Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
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Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Metallic Ornament / Jewelry
N/A - This is an artificial object, not a geological specimen.
Jasper and Agate Mix
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Ironstone (Limonite/Goethite Concretion)
Ferruginous Sedimentary Rock (composed of Goethite FeO(OH) and Limonite)
Bituminous Coal
Organic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of carbon with sulfur and hydrogen)
Sandstone (Greywacke/Siltstone variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed primarily of Quartz SiO2 and Feldspar)
Sandstone with Bedding Planes
Arenite (Sedimentary rock composed primarily of sand-sized minerals)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 with Calcite and Aragonite)
Limestone with Lichen
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limestone
Calcareous Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Banded chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert with a pale weathered/altered zone
Carnelian (Red Agate/Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Rock with Arfvedsonite
Quartzite (Meta-sedimentary)
Quartzite (SiO2)
Banded gneiss pebble
Gneiss, typically quartz–feldspar–mica assemblage
Flint
SiO2 (Microcrystalline quartz / Chert)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal composition)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock, mainly SiO2 with iron oxide cement)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Limestone with Calcite Crystals
Sedimentary Rock containing Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Dalmation Stone
Peralkaline Rock (mixed silicate minerals)
Sandstone (likely Quartz Sandstone)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Dalmation Stone (often called Dalmatian Jasper)
Peralkaline Rock (Microgranite/Aplite), SiO2 with inclusions of Arfvedsonite
Seashell Fragment
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of Aragonite or Calcite
Weathered limestone
Calcitic limestone, mainly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Iron-stained chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely hematite/goethite-bearing
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Blue Apatite
Apatite - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Agate (Nodule/Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony / Quartz Nodule (Agate Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite
Goethite and Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Kambaba Jasper (Crocodile Jasper)
Stromatolite (Fossilized Algae)