Purple Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Purple Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Black Obsidian
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass, SiO2 + impurity)
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (Felsic)
Polished blue labradorite
Labradorite, calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar (approximately NaAlSi₃O₈–CaAl₂Si₂O₈)
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Black Obsidian
Amorphous volcanic glass (SiO2)
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored by Chromium and/or Vanadium
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2)
Diorite
Plutonic Igneous Rock (NaAlSi3O8, CaAl2Si2O8)
Gabbro
Gabbro (mafic intrusive rock)
Syenite
Syenite (Phaneritic Igneous Rock)
Green Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ironstone / Weathered Hematite
Iron oxide-rich sedimentary rock with Goethite/Hematite
Greenstone
Protolith of basalt/gabbro (chlorite-epidote metamorphic facies)
Eudialyte in Matrix
Na15Ca6(Fe,Mn)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Grey Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety of Chalcedony
Granite
Intrusive igneous rock
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Hydrated magnesium iron phyllosilicate)
Orca Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with various inclusions
Quartz-rich pegmatite with green mica or chlorite
Granitic pegmatite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), with feldspar and probable muscovite/chlorite
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic glass with Cristobalite inclusions (mostly SiO2)
Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Yellow Agate (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green fluorite (likely)
Fluorite, calcium fluoride (CaF₂)
Gold Ore in Matrix
Native Gold (Au) in Quartz/Limonite host rock
Quartz with Pyrite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Auriferous Quartz or Pyritic Ore
Iron Pyrite (FeS2) or Native Gold (Au) in Matrix
Galena
Lead Sulfide (PbS)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Pyrite in Host Rock
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Fluorite (Fluor-spar)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Tiger's Eye (Oeil de Tigre)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Milky quartz
Quartz (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))
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2
Greenstone
Metabasalt / Metamorphosed Igneous Rock
Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Yellow Jasper
Tectosilicates (SiO2) with Goethite/Iron oxide inclusions