Banded Agate (likely Carnelian Agate or Sardonyx)
Agate is a common name for a microcrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO₂), specifically a form of Chalcedony.
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Banded Agate (likely Carnelian Agate or Sardonyx)
Agate is a common name for a microcrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO₂), specifically a form of Chalcedony.
Crazy Lace Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron and aluminum inclusions
Jasper with Quartz (Agate/Jasper mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Chalcedony (Botryoidal/Agate nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Ocean Jasper
Spherulitic Chalcedony (SiO2)
Dendritic Agate (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese or Iron oxide inclusions
African Turquoise
African Turquoise (a trade name for Jasper, a variety of Chalcedony: SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Jasper and Agate (Polished Pebble)
Chalcedony (SiO2 with impurities)
Chalcedony (Common Opal variant or Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tree Agate
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chalcedony (Botryoidal Agate vein)
Chalcedony (Microcrystalline Quartz) - SiO2
Ocean Jasper
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Tree Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Moss Agate and Druzy Quartz Carving
Cryptocrystalline Silica (SiO2) with impurities
Dalmatian Jasper
Dalmatian Stone (a microcrystalline quartz and feldspar rock with arfvedsonite)
Wood Jasper
Siliceous sedimentary rock (variety of Chert/Chalcedony)
Tree Agate
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 + Manganese/Iron oxides)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of hornblende or chlorite
Jasper Agate (specifically Brecciated Jasper with Agate inclusions)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate/Quartz variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper (Imperial Jasper style)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chalcedony in Limestone Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tree Agate (Dendritic Agate/Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Manganese or Iron oxide inclusions
Brecciated Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite impurities
Jasper Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Dalmation Stone (Dalmation Jasper)
Peralkaline rock (primarily Feldspar and Quartz with Arfvedsonite spots)
Zebra Jasper
Jasper (variety of Quartz/Chalcedony), SiO2
Druzy Agate (specifically Black Druzy Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony (likely dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Tree Agate (Dendritic Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron inclusions
Ocean Jasper (Orbicular Jasper)
Spherulitic Chalcedony (SiO2)
Dalmation Jasper (Dalmation Stone)
Perthitic feldspar-quartz-amphibole rock
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2 + impurities)
Satin Spar (Selenite)
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)
Blue Chalcedony (Blue Lace Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Banded Agate (with small Geode cavity)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Fossilized Coral
Scleractinia (fossil order), primarily Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Dalmatian Jasper (or Dalmatian Stone)
Dalmatian Stone (A peralkaline felsite composed of feldspar, quartz, and sodic amphibole)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Zebra Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities; typically a form of Chalcedony/Microcrystalline Quartz