Quartz (vein quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Category
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Quartz (vein quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Quartz (likely Clear Quartz or Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO2)
Blue Agate (Dyed Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Agate
Agate (Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rutilated Quartz
Quartz (SiO2) with Rutile (TiO2) inclusions
Green Aventurine and Clear Quartz
Green Aventurine (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 with Fuchsite inclusions); Clear Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Pink Stained Rock (Likely Quartzite or Sandstone with Iron Oxide Staining)
Quartzite (metamorphic) or Sandstone (sedimentary); coloration likely due to hematite or other iron oxides.
Banded Gneiss (River Rock/Pebble)
Gneiss (specifically a banded variety often found as a river rock)
Mixed Agate and Lapis Lazuli Bracelet
Chalcedony (SiO2) and Lapis Lazuli (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2
Weathered Quartzite or Chert Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Pebble (Likely Quartzite or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Glacial Erratic (Sandstone/Quartzite)
Glacial Erratic specimen (likely Orthoquartzite or Feldspathic Sandstone)
Hag Stone (Holed Quartzite Pebble)
Quartzite (SiO2 based) with natural vug or erosion hole
Quartzite with inclusions or a banded chert
Quartzite or Chert
Limonite-stained Quartz / Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron hydroxides (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Brecciated Limestone or Marble Pebble
Breccia / Calcite (CaCO3)
River Cobble (likely Quartzite or Limestone)
SiO2 (Quartzite dominant) or CaCO3 (Limestone dominant)
Pyrite (or Fool's Gold)
Pyrite (FeS₂)
Dendritic Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with manganese/iron oxide inclusions
Yellow Quartz (Citrine Quartz Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
River Cobble (likely Sandstone or Siltstone type)
Sandstone or Siltstone (common rock types that form river cobbles)
Chalcedony (Banded/Mottled Variety)
Chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Orange Quartz with Epidote
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Calcium Aluminum Iron Silicate hydroxide (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Quartz (likely milky/gray variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Quartz (possibly milky quartz or quartz with inclusions)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Agate
Agate (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO₂)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz / Quartzite Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) within a sedimentary or volcanic host
Tiger's Eye and Carnelian Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Amethyst (Chevron or Banded Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Micaceous Sandstone or Quartzite
Sandstone (lithified quartz grains, often with mica) or Quartzite (metamorphosed sandstone)
River Pebble (likely Quartzite or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) crystal conglomerate
Unidentified River Rock or Mudstone
N/A (Generic rock fragment)
River Pebble (Quartzite/Siltstone mixture)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) mixture with varied clastic minerals
River Pebbles (Sandstone and Quartzite)
SiO2 (Quartz) dominated clastic rocks
Quartzite Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)