Quartz with Pyrite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
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Quartz with Pyrite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Auriferous Quartz or Pyritic Ore
Iron Pyrite (FeS2) or Native Gold (Au) in Matrix
Gneiss (with Quartz and Mica)
Gneiss
Orca Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with various inclusions
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chrysocolla on Matrix
Hydrated copper silicates ((Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O)
Weathered quartz-bearing metamorphic rock
Likely quartz–feldspar schist or gneiss, possibly with iron-oxide alteration
Milky quartz vein fragment (likely quartz with minor feldspar/mica)
Quartz, SiO₂; possibly associated feldspar and mica
Black Obsidian
Amorphous volcanic glass (SiO2)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Hydrated magnesium iron phyllosilicate)
Galena
Lead sulfide (PbS)
Raw garnet-rich metamorphic rock
Likely garnet-bearing schist or garnetite; garnet-group silicates, commonly almandine (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Greenstone
Protolith of basalt/gabbro (chlorite-epidote metamorphic facies)
Gabbro
Gabbro (mafic intrusive rock)
Chalcedony (Agate/Carnelian variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Celestine (Celestite)
Celestine (Strontium Sulfate, SrSO4)
Blue Chalcedony
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Lepidolite with Quartz
K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2
Moonstone (specifically White Moonstone/Adularia)
Potassium aluminum silicate ((K,Na)AlSi3O8)
Epidosite
Epidosite (consisting primarily of Epidote Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) and Quartz SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (likely chalcedony-rich flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (quartz/chalcedony)
Yellow Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Basalt
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Weathered iron-rich concretion
Goethite–hematite limonite concretion, likely with quartz and clay minerals
Quartz-rich pegmatite with green mica or chlorite
Granitic pegmatite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), with feldspar and probable muscovite/chlorite
Tumbled amazonite (likely)
Amazonite, green microcline feldspar (KAlSi₃O₈)
Bloodstone
Chalcedony (Variety: Bloodstone / Heliotrope), SiO2
Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Pink Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Rhodonite
Manganese Inosilicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Pegmatite
Igneous Pegmatite (Quartz, Feldspar, Micas)
Poppy Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite and Iron Oxide inclusions
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Chert (Jasper)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Unakite or Epidosite
Epidosite (Mineral composition: Epidote, Feldspar, and Quartz)
Green Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Howlite
Howlite, Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅