Quartz (Milky/Crystal Variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Quartz (Milky/Crystal Variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Quartz / Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Zoisite with Ruby (Anyolite)
Zoisite – Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) with inclusions of Ruby (Al2O3:Cr)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Milky/Clear variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (pebble)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Quartz / Common Gravel
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose)
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Amethyst
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - a variety of Quartz
Granite
Granite
Conglomerate with Quartz Inclusions
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock) with internal Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Tan/Yellow variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (Clear/Smoky Geode fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (with cross-bedding)
Arenite (composed primarily of Quartz: SiO2)
Turritella Agate (Calligrapher Stone)
Silicified Elimia tenera (Chalcedony/Quartz)
Chert (Jasper/Quartzite)
Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Hematite
Hematite (Iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cementation)
Basalt (River Pebble)
Basalt (Aphanitic Mafic Volcanic Rock)
Gossan with Copper Carbonate (Chrysocolla/Malachite)
Ferruginous Oxide (Gossan) with Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) or (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 (Chrysocolla)
Shale (with minor calcite veining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
Yellow Chert or Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (containing fossil leaf impression)
Microcrystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Glauconitic Sandstone (Greensand pebble)
Glauconitic Quartz Sandstone (K(Fe,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Common Opal/Agate inclusion)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Yellow Chert (River Stone/Pebble)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Pebble
Clast (specifically a granule or small pebble)
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) in Sedimentary Shale
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Lithic arenite / Quartz arenite)
Chert (Jasper-bearing)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) cement
Basalt (Vesicular)
Basalt (Extrusive Volcanic Rock)
Fossiliferous Limestone with Crinoid stems
Calcite-rich Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (CaCO3)
Quartz (likely a weathered/tumbled piece)
Quartz (SiO₂)