Pale greenish stone, likely serpentine or altered ultramafic rock
Serpentinite (主要 minerals: antigorite/lizardite, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4); identification is tentative from the image
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Pale greenish stone, likely serpentine or altered ultramafic rock
Serpentinite (主要 minerals: antigorite/lizardite, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4); identification is tentative from the image
Greenstone / Greenschist
Greenschist (composed of Chlorite, Epidote, Actinolite)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidote-bearing Granitic Rock)
Polished jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly iron-stained jasper/chert
Epidotite (Unakite-related Epidote)
Epidote (Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH))
Weathered granite or granitic gneiss
Granite; chiefly quartz, feldspar, and mica
Serpentine / Serpentinite (with Weathering Crust)
Serpentinite (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Leopard jasper (orbicular jasper)
Silicified volcanic rock, chiefly microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with feldspar and iron-oxide inclusions
Jasper and Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) microcrystalline quartz variety
Conical fossil shell or shell fragment
Likely a gastropod shell fragment; exact taxon indeterminate from the image
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)2-3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Weathered pegmatitic granite or feldspar-rich metamorphic rock
Quartz–feldspar rock, likely granitic pegmatite; exact identification requires testing
Greenstone / altered basalt fragment
Likely chlorite–epidote–actinolite altered basalt; exact identification requires testing
Lapis Lazuli
Complex rock primarily containing Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2
Likely greenstone (serpentinized ultramafic rock)
Serpentinite, dominated by serpentine-group minerals (chrysotile/lizardite/antigorite), possibly with chlorite or epidote
Red Jasper
Jasper (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO₂)
Epidosite with Quartz (Unakite-variant or Jasper)
Epidotized Metasomatite
Weathered greenstone (likely serpentinite or altered basalt)
Serpentinite-group rock, commonly dominated by serpentine minerals (antigorite/lizardite); exact identification requires testing
Dark gray fine-grained stone, likely basalt or andesite
Basalt–andesite volcanic rock; commonly composed of plagioclase, pyroxene, and possibly olivine or magnetite
Porphyritic basalt or andesite
Porphyritic volcanic rock; typically plagioclase phenocrysts in a fine mafic/intermediate groundmass
Rounded volcanic pebble
Likely basaltic-andesite or altered basalt; exact identification requires testing
Unakite
Unakite (metamorphosed granite)
Serpentine
Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile; (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Green Opal (Prase Opal)
SiO2 · nH2O (Hydrated Silicon Dioxide)
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock
Greenstone (Epidosite/Altered Diorite)
Metabasalt or Meta-andesite / Epidotized Diorite
Weathered porphyritic volcanic rock (likely andesite or basalt)
Aphanitic to porphyritic andesite–basalt; composition commonly plagioclase, pyroxene, and minor iron oxides
Greenstone (Chert)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2) with chlorite/epidote inclusions
Red-and-green jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron oxides and possibly chlorite/epidote
Blue Tiger's Eye
Crocidolite in Quartz (altered)
Tiger's Eye
Silicon Dioxide with Crocidolite (SiO2)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Feldspar with Quartz)
Banded chert or flint pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert with a pale weathered/altered zone
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Fuchsite or Green Mica Schist
Muscovite variant (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 with Cr)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]Sn (Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Gabbroic or basaltic rock with weathered veins
Likely mafic igneous rock, possibly olivine gabbro or porphyritic basalt; exact identification requires testing
Tumbled greenish jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) with iron-bearing and clay-mineral impurities
Polished serpentine (likely green serpentinite)
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with magnetite and possible chromite or carbonate inclusions
Unakite
Granitic rock composed of pink orthoclase feldspar, green epidote, and clear quartz