Chert (often called Flint or Agate nodule)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (often called Flint or Agate nodule)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Shale
Mudstone/Shale
River Siltstone / Mudstone Pebble
Siltstone (composed of mixed silicate and carbonate minerals)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)
Nephrite: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 (amphibole mineral); Jadeite: NaAlSi2O6 (pyroxene mineral)
Chalk
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Shale
Shale (clastic sedimentary rock)
Chert (Jasper/Quartzite variety)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (specifically River Stone / Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Iron-stained variant)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (varieties include Flint and Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) / Microcrystalline Quartz
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with aluminum impurities and natural radiation
Black Tourmaline (Schorl)
Schorl (Sodium Iron Aluminum Borosilicate Hydroxide), NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH
Serpentine Jade (New Jade/Olive Jade)
Serpentinite (a rock composed primarily of serpentine minerals) / Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 for Antigorite and Lizardite
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Schist
Mica Schist
Pyrite in Shale
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) in Argillaceous Shale
Sandstone or Limestone
Arenite or Calcareous Sedimentary Rock
Chert (Jasper/Opaline variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 with minor iron oxide impurities)
Moonstone (specifically White Moonstone/Adularia)
Potassium aluminum silicate ((K,Na)AlSi3O8)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3 with trace amounts of iron and titanium)
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Quartz (Dumortierite Quartz)
Quartz (SiO2) with inclusions of Dumortierite (Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide with aluminum impurities)
Gneiss
Gneiss (pronounced 'nice')
Devil's Toenail
Gryphaea (extinct genus of foam oysters, typically composed of Calcite CaCO3)
Red Garnet
Pyrope-Almandine series (Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 to Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Rhodonite
Manganese Silicate (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Fossiliferous Shale
Laminated Mudrock with plant fossils
Muscovite (Mica) in Quartz Matrix
Muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2) and Quartz (SiO2)
Orthoclase Feldspar
Potassium aluminum silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Quartz with Pyrite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Yellow Quartz (Citrine/Gold Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Magnetite (Small Granule)
Magnetite (Fe3O4)