Muscovite
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
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Muscovite
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Magnetite
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Fuchsite
K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 (Chromium-rich Muscovite)
Mica in Quartz Host
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) in Quartz (SiO2)
Potassium Feldspar (Orthoclase)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Muscovite Mica
Muscovite: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (Manganese silicate), (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Zoisite with Ruby
Anyolite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) with Al2O3:Cr)
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Quartzite (River-worn Shiner)
Quartzite (Formula: SiO2)
Unakite (Epidotized Granite)
Unakite; primarily composed of Epidote (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)), Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8), and Quartz (SiO2)
Schist
Mica Schist (predominantly Muscovite or Biotite)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Carbon-rich metamorphic coal)
Greenschist
Chlorite schist
Given the appearance, it's likely a fragment of an igneous or metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. Without specific diagnostic features, it's difficult to give a common name other than 'crystalline rock fragment'. If pressed to guess based on the granular, somewhat light and dark speckled appearance, it could be a fragment of granite or a related intrusive igneous rock.
As a rock fragment, it does not have a single scientific mineral name; rather, it's a piece of a rock which is a combination of minerals. If it were granite, its main mineral composition would be quartz (SiO2), feldspar (e.g., KAlSi3O8 - orthoclase, (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8 - plagioclase), and mica (e.g., KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 - muscovite or K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 - biotite), among others.
Greenschist / Chloritaform Schist
Chlorite Schist (Group of Silicate Minerals)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite - K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Epidote in Matrix (Unakite-related)
Epidosite (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Marble
Metamorphic rock composed of Recrystallized Carbonate Minerals (chiefly CaCO3)
Fuchsite Gneiss (Green Quartzite)
Chromium-rich Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 with Cr replacements)
River Quartzite (or Quartz Cobble)
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Quartz (Rose Quartz variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gossan (Iron Hat)
Limonitic Gossan (Fe-oxide/hydroxide complex)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite Cobble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Cream Marble (Speckled)
Metamorphosed Limestone (mainly CaCO3)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Schist (specifically Mica Schist)
Mica Schist
Quartz (Milky/Crystalline)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dragon Stone (Dragon Blood Jasper)
Epidote with Pietersite or Red Jasper inclusions (varied SiO2 and Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Nephrite Jade
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Yellow Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Garnet-Bearing Schist
Almandine Garnet Micaceous Schist