Chalcedony (Banded/Mottled Variety)
Chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
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Chalcedony (Banded/Mottled Variety)
Chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Grey River Pebble (Greywacke / Basalt)
Stream-rounded silicate rock pebble
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 plus iron oxide impurities)
Banded Gneiss
Banded Orthogneiss or Paragneiss (Quartz-Feldspathic Gneiss)
Red Jasper
Red Jasper (variety of Chalcedony, SiO₂)
Quartz Druze (Crystalline Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (in a rock matrix)
Quartz (SiO2)
Fine-grained gray sandstone or quartz-rich sedimentary pebble
Likely quartz arenite or lithic sandstone; exact identification requires microscopy or testing
Magnetite-rich ironstone (probable magnetite ore)
Magnetite, Fe₃O₄, likely in a fine-grained ironstone matrix
Red Quartz (Carnelian/Red Jasper Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Banded Sandstone (Water-worn Pebble)
Arenite with mineral banding
Basalt pebble
Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Bumblebee Jasper
Calcite with Arsenic and Manganese oxides (technically a volcanic rock)
Quartz (vein quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Granite Sand (Decomposed Granite)
Grus / Quartz-Feldspar Detritus
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony Geode
Chalcedony (SiO2) within a geode structure
Bloodstone Jasper (Heliotrope)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Banded metamorphic rock, likely gneiss
Biotite–quartz–feldspar gneiss, possibly amphibolite-bearing
Likely quartz crystal fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly a small tumbled or cleaved fragment
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), microcrystalline to coarsely crystalline variety
Garnet-bearing gneiss
Quartz–feldspar–mica gneiss with iron-rich garnet (commonly almandine)
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Weathered, quartz-rich metamorphic rock (likely schist or gneiss)
Quartz–feldspar–mica schist/gneiss, with surface lichens and iron-oxide staining
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite Gneiss
Metamorphic Rock (Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, Plagioclase, Biotite/Amphibole)
Agate (specifically crazy lace agate / orbicular agate node)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Gneiss
Gneiss
Magnetite or Hematite (Iron Stone)
Magnetite (Fe3O4) or Hematite (Fe2O3)