Chalcedony (Botryoidal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
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Chalcedony (Botryoidal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Likely rough quartz-bearing mineral specimen
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly iron-stained quartz or quartz-rich rock
Chalcedony (Yellow Agate)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Turquoise (possible Dyed Magnesite/Howlite)
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Green Gneiss or Greenschist
Chlorite/Actinolite Gneiss or Schist
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Sodalite
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Pyrite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (Foliated Metamorphic Rock)
Small pale mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly quartz or calcite
Chalcopyrite
Copper Iron Sulfide (CuFeS2)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Weathered schist or gneiss fragment
Quartz–feldspar–mica metamorphic rock; likely mica schist or gneiss
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride - CaF2)
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss
Granite; chiefly quartz, feldspar, and biotite/hornblende
Weathered foliated metamorphic rock, likely schist or gneiss
Micaceous schist/gneiss; composition likely quartz, feldspar, mica, and altered mafic minerals
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Chalcedony (Agate/Jasper mix)
Cryptocrystalline Sillimanite (Quartz) - SiO2
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (Aphanitic Igneous Rock with Arfvedsonite inclusions)
Black Sand (Magnetite Sand)
Magnetite-rich Placers (Fe3O4)
Unopened Geode
Geode (containing various mineralization like Quartz SiO2)
Tumbled or naturally broken quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz (specifically Milky/White Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Agate
Agate (Varietal form of Chalcedony/Quartz, SiO2)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Gneiss
Foliated Metamorphic Gneiss
Epidote-bearing Rock
Epidote / Silicate mineral aggregate
Sugilite
KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30
Mica-rich metamorphic rock, likely biotite schist
Biotite–quartz schist; probable composition of quartz, biotite, feldspar, and minor sulfide or iron-oxide minerals
Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry with Arfvedsonite
Copper Ore
Mixed copper sulfides/oxides in gangue matrix
Mixed Quartz Bracelet (Rose Quartz and Larimar-colored beads)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various inclusions
Quartz vein in weathered host rock
Milky quartz (SiO₂), likely in a feldspathic or carbonate-rich matrix
Gneiss
High-grade regional metamorphic rock
Small weathered mineral/rock fragment
Uncertain from image; possibly quartz-rich sandstone or a feldspar-bearing rock
Bloodstone (Heliotrope)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Chlorite or Actinolite
Amazonite-bearing feldspar (likely raw amazonite)
Amazonite, a blue-green variety of microcline feldspar; KAlSi₃O₈
Quartz-bearing weathered rock
Massive to drusy quartz (SiO₂), possibly in a feldspathic or carbonate host
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2 (Copper Iron Sulfide)
Geode
Quartz / Chalcedony nodule