Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Travertine
Travertine (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese Silicate), (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Blue Slag Glass
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Cubic Zirconia and Synthetic Ruby Jewelry
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2) and Synthetic Corundum (Al2O3)
Quartz Vein (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with limonite/hematite staining
Red Jasper
Red Jasper (SiO2 with Hematite inclusions)
Greenstone
Metabasalt / Chlorite Schist
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite (Fe2O3) inclusions
Milky Quartz Vein with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dalmatian Jasper
Peralkaline Feldspar Diorite/Rhyolite
Gold-Bearing Quartz Ore
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Trace Aurum (Au)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal inclusions)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Gemstone Sand (Mineral Assortment)
Mixed Mineral Concentrates (Commonly including Quartz SiO2, Garnet X3Y2(SiO4)3, and Tourmaline (Na,Ca)(Li,Mg,Al)3(Al,Fe,Mn)6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(OH,F)4)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone (Brecciated/Recrystallized)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gold Grain
Native Gold (Au)
Green Tourmaline (Verdelite)
Schorl-Elbaite series (Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace impurities of Ti, Mn, or Fe
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rhodonite
Manganese silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Dyed Agate
Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Aquamarine
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Fe2+ trace elements)
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine glass
Slate
Slate (Metamorphic Rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Baltic Amber (Butterscotch or Egg Yolk Variety)
Succinite (C10H16O)
Sandstone (likely a river or beach pebble)
Sandstone (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Snowflake Obsidian (Polished Cabochon)
Obsidian with Spherulitic Cristobalite (SiO2)
Pebble (likely Sandstone or Granitic Pebble)
Clastic Sediment (or specific rock type, e.g., Arenite, Granitoid Pebble)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Altered Host Rock
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily composed of SiO O₂)
Quartz (Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sodalite
Sodalite, Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Blue Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions
River Pebble (Greywacke or Basaltic)
Massive Greywacke or Basaltic Andesite
River Stone (likely Basalt or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for chert or Mafic Extrusive Rock for basalt