Fancy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Fancy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz variety / Ferruginous Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron inclusions
Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Shale
Shale (comprised mostly of clay minerals and quartz)
Quartz (Common or Milky)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss
Red Jasper
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) with Hematite inclusions, SiO2
Precious Opal in Matrix
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Sandstone (specifically Red Sandstone)
Arenite (primarily Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Jasper (likely a variety of Brecciated Jasper or a patterned variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Travertine (Ceramic Tile)
Terrestrial Sedimentary Rock / Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Red Jasper variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide / Hematite staining)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (with Iron Oxide pigmentation)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Hematite
Iron (III) Oxide (Fe2O3)
Quartz (Milky or Druzy Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrous ferric oxide)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale with Vein Infillings
Shale (a fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock). The veins could be Calcite (CaCO3), Quartz (SiO2), or other minerals.
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) / Tiger Iron variety
Banded Iron Formation (predominantly Hematite, Magnetite, and Chert/Quartz - SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Chert Pebble (Jasper/Quartz variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Septarian Nodule (Septarian Dragon Stone)
Septarian concretion (composition: Calcite CaCO3, Aragonite CaCO3, and Limestone/Clay)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (variable SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Sandstone (mainly SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Sandstone (likely Greywacke or Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite / Wacke
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily composed of SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrated copper and aluminum phosphate)
Milky Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Shale or Slate with Quartz Veins
Shale (fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock) or Slate (low-grade metamorphic rock formed from shale) with Quartz (SiO2) veins
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (SiO2 major component)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Cinnabar in Matrix
Cinnabar (Mercury(II) sulfide, HgS)
Botryoidal Chalcedony (likely Chert or Agatized Coral)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Conglomerate
Quartz Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Celestite (Celestine)
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)