Crushed Limestone
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
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Crushed Limestone
Sedimentary Carbonate Rock (CaCO3)
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomerate)
Conglomerate
Conglomeratic Sandstone / Sedimentary Breccia
Porphyritic Basalt or Diabase with Plagioclase Phenocrysts
Porphyritic Basalt or Diabase; Mineral: Plagioclase Feldspar
Chert (Gravel Bit)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Banded/Mottled Variety)
Chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz Druze (on Matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Crushed Limestone (Gravel)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Gneiss (specifically a Granitic Gneiss)
Gneiss (typically composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica/Amphiboles)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Chert (specifically Jasper/Brown Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow Chert (Jasper)
Chalcedony (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Ethiopian Fire Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcite (CaCO3)
Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3) Rock
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Banded Agate (Agatized Geode Slice)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz Geode (Cracked)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in a Sedimentary Host
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of K-Feldspar, Quartz, and Plagioclase)
Amethyst Geode (Carved)
Amethyst (Violet Crystalline Quartz - SiO2)
Crushed Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Ochre / Limonite
Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Celestite (Celestine)
Strontium Sulfate (SrSO4)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate rock
Amethyst (Tumbled Stone)
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide with Iron impurities, SiO2)
K2 Azurite Granite / K2 Stone
Granite (igneous rock) with Azurite inclusions (mineral)
Citrine (Heat-treated Amethyst)
Citrine Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2)
River Rocks (Black)
Various lithologies (e.g., basalt, chert, obsidian for black varieties), mechanically rounded clasts
Pink Granite / Gneiss
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Granite) with Gneissic banding
Agate (specifically, a slice of a Blue Lace or Chalcedony Agate nodule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Agate/Chalcedony Infills
Amygdaloidal Basalt (Composition: SiO2 and (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 in matrix; SiO2 in amygdule)
Amethyst (as a jewelry accent)
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide SiO2 with Iron impurities)
Mookaite Jasper
Siliceous sedimentary rock (variety of Jasper/Chert)
Feldspar-rich Granite (Pink Granite)
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Amethyst (Tumbled Chips)
Amethyst (Silicon Dioxide with Iron impurities, SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Graywacke or Arkose variant)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (SiO2 with assorted lithic fragments)
Diabase
Diabase (also known as Dolerite)