Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
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Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Banded tourmaline (likely schorl)
Black tourmaline, primarily schorl; complex borosilicate, commonly NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Muscovite Mica (likely on Quartz/Feldspar)
Muscovite - KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Basaltic Tuff / Volcanic Breccia
Pyroclastic Breccia / Lithic Tuff
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sodalite (blue beads) and Clear Quartz (clear beads)
Sodalite: Na4Al3Si3O12Cl; Quartz: SiO2
Black Sapphire (Basaltic Blue Sapphire)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Greenschist / Greenstone
Greenschist facies metabasite
Tumbled sodalite
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂, likely with minor calcite or nepheline
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (SiO2)
Sodalite
Sodalite - Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Amazonite
Microcline feldspar, KAlSi₃O₈
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Common Opal (Potch)
Opal (Hydrated silica, SiO2·nH2O)
Tumbled howlite (probable)
Howlite, Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅
Howlite
Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Raw quartz specimen
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Chert (Vuggy Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled Quartz (Snow Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled snowflake obsidian (probable)
Obsidian, volcanic glass (SiO₂-rich rhyolitic composition), with cristobalite or feldspar spherulites
Diorite
Diorite (Intermediate Plutonic Rock)
Pyrite in Quartz
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Vesicular basalt pebble
Basalt, commonly plagioclase + pyroxene ± olivine, with vesicles
Red Jasper (with Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite inclusions
Porphyritic Igneous Rock / Porphyry
Porphyry (Plagioclase/Quartz phenocrysts in a finer-grained groundmass)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock (high Orthoclase Feldspar content)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tiny amber-colored crystal fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz, feldspar, mica, or a sulfide mineral
Graywacke
Lithic Sandstone (Graywacke)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite or Limonite inclusions
Snowflake obsidian cabochon
Obsidian (volcanic glass), SiO₂-rich; white areas are cristobalite/spherulitic devitrification
Fossilized Shark Tooth (Basal Bone)
Otodus sp. (Mineralized Hydroxyapatite)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Polished green fluorite tower
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)
Milky Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Quartz (Vein Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sunstone
Oligoclase (Plagioclase Feldspar) - (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8
Pink Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions