Chert (specifically Yellow/Brown Chert or Flint)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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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)
Megalodon Shark Tooth
Otodus megalodon
Slate
Metamorphic Pelitic Rock
Chert (Jasper/Flint variant)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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)
Porphyritic Basalt (with Amygdales)
Amygdaloidal Porphyritic Basalt
Chert (Flint variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Turquoise
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Engineered Quartz Stone
Agglomerated Quartz (SiO2 + Polymer Resin)
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)
Quartz (likely Jasper or Chert variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Pearl
Biogenic CaCO3 (Aragonite and Calcite)
Diamond
Diamond (pure Carbon, C)
Pearl (Biogenic Mineraloid)
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) primarily as Aragonite
Granite
Plutonic Igneous Rock (composed typically of SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, CaO)
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)
Engineered Quartz (Quartzite look-alike)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) composite
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C) or Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Vesicular Basalt (or Scoria)
Vesicular Basalt
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic igneous rock)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of Quartz, Alkali Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
Carved quartz skull, likely smoky quartz or gray chalcedony
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz or microcrystalline quartz
Turquoise
Turquoise, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Diamond
Cubic carbon (C)
Red Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Quartz (Engineered Quartz Surface)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) based composite