Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Category
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Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Gneiss (Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
Hematite
Iron (III) Oxide (Fe2O3)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz Pebble with Iron Inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Quartz Cobble (with Iron Oxide Staining)
Microcrystalline to Macro crystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper-Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Coquina or Fossiliferous Sandstone
Fossiliferous Calcarenite (CaCO3 with SiO2 inclusions)
Sandstone with Liesegang Rings
Arenite with Iron Oxide Liesegang Banding
Rounded granitic cobble
Granite or granitic gneiss; primarily quartz, feldspar, and mica
Polished orbicular granite (likely larvikite or orbicular diorite)
Quartz/feldspar-bearing granitoid with dark amphibole–biotite minerals; exact variety requires testing
Vesicular volcanic scoria (likely basaltic scoria)
Scoria; predominantly iron- and magnesium-rich silicate glass with plagioclase, pyroxene, and possible olivine
Weathered porphyritic volcanic rock
Likely altered andesite or rhyolite porphyry
Granite (Dioritic or Hornblende-rich)
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic to Intermediate Igneous Rock
Red Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Pearl
Pearl; primarily aragonite (CaCO₃) in nacre
Carved quartz skull, likely smoky quartz or gray chalcedony
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz or microcrystalline quartz
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Pebble)
Gneiss (SiO2-rich metamorphic rock)
Quartz (with Sandstone/Quartzite rocks)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Metamorphic Gneiss (High-grade regional metamorphism specimen)
Gneiss (Banded Gneiss)
Gneiss
Quartz (Grain)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Greenschist
Chlorite Schist
Milky Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Orange Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Carnelian
Carnelian (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic rock composed of feldspar, quartz, and mica)
Quartz Druze on Matrix (Geode Fragment)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Gneiss (High-Grade Metamorphic Rock)
Gneiss (primarily composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphiboles)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Metamorphic Rock)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)