Quartz crystal (likely clear quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
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Quartz crystal (likely clear quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Quartz Vein in Matrix (Breccia / Host Rock with Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Host Rock Matrix
Unidentified weathered rock fragments
Likely mixed silicate rocks; specific identification requires testing
Healer's Gold (Pyrite/Magnetite in Serpentine)
Magnetite (Fe3O4) and Pyrite (FeS2) in Lizardite/Antigorite [Mg3Si2O5(OH)4]
Likely biotite-rich mica schist
Mica schist, chiefly biotite (K(Mg,Fe)₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂); exact identification from image is uncertain
Quartz heart (likely milky/included quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Tumbled chalcedony (likely milky quartz)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly pale agate or quartzite
Biotite Schist
Biotite-rich Schist
Mica-rich metamorphic rock, likely schist
Muscovite–biotite schist, possibly with quartz and feldspar
Schist (Biotite Schist)
Biotite-bearing Schist (K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2)
Pyrite-bearing rock (iron pyrite)
Pyrite, FeS₂, likely disseminated or massive in a host rock
Schist
Mica Schist
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Greenschist
Greenschist (Chlorite-Epidote-Actinolite Schist)
Weathered greenish-brown rock, likely serpentinized ultramafic rock
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄), possibly with olivine, pyroxene, magnetite, or carbonate
Mica-rich schist (likely mica schist)
Mica schist, composed chiefly of muscovite and/or biotite mica with quartz; exact minerals require testing
Mica-rich schist (probable)
Mica schist, likely muscovite–biotite schist; exact identification requires examination or testing
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Jasper with Epidote Vein
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Aluminum Iron Silicate (Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH))
Conglomeratic sandstone / breccia-like gravel rock
Polymictic conglomerate (possibly lithified gravel or concrete-like natural conglomerate)
Mica Schist with Quartz
Crystalline Schist (SiO2 + KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Mica Schist (with Muscovite mica)
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Likely biotite mica schist
Mica schist, chiefly biotite (K(Mg,Fe)₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂) with quartz and feldspar
Green Gneiss or Greenschist
Chlorite/Actinolite Gneiss or Schist
Flaked stone projectile point
Likely worked chert or fine-grained silicified shale; exact lithology cannot be confirmed from the image
Epidote
Epidote | Ca2(Al2,Fe3+)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Quartz-veined metamorphic rock, likely mica schist
Mica schist with a milky-quartz vein; predominantly quartz, feldspar, and biotite/muscovite mica
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist
Mica Schist
Mica Schist
Biotite-bearing gneiss (probable)
Foliated metamorphic rock composed chiefly of quartz, feldspar, and dark biotite/amphibole
Gneiss (with Mica and Quartz)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 / K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Epidote
Epidote - Ca2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Likely biotite-rich schist
Mica schist, chiefly quartz–biotite ± feldspar; exact identification requires testing
Unidentified Rock
Unknown
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Blue Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Likely tumbled quartz or chalcedony fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly microcrystalline chalcedony
Graphite Schist
C (Carbonaceous Schist)
Rounded quartz-rich river pebbles
Alluvial gravel; commonly quartzite, chert, and quartz-bearing sandstone fragments