Amethyst or Smoky Quartz Geode Slice
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
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Amethyst or Smoky Quartz Geode Slice
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Chert or flint
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), often chalcedony
Red Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silica with Hematite inclusions), SiO2
Polished brecciated jasper (likely ocean jasper or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂) with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Yellow Chalcedony (Carnelian/Yellow Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 plus iron oxide impurities)
Chert / Flint Nodule
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Thunder Egg (Agate/Jasper filled)
Chalcedony variety Agate/Jasper in a Rhyolitic matrix
Weathered quartz-rich pebble, possibly quartzite or chert
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide, SiO2
Red Jasper
Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Polished brecciated jasper (likely septarian or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron oxides and possibly calcite or other rock fragments
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions (SiO2)
Dalmation Jasper (or Dalmation Stone)
Dalmation Stone (composed of Perthite, Quartz, and Arfvedsonite)
Tumbled carnelian or orange chalcedony
Chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz), SiO₂; likely iron-stained variety
Tumbled Black Stone
Unknown, possibly Obsidian, Onyx, or Tourmaline
Carnelian (a variety of Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Polished yellow jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly containing iron oxides and other silicates
Yellow Jasper
Chalcedony (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Polished carnelian (likely)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; orange chalcedony, commonly called carnelian
Tumbled agate or chalcedony (probable)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Jasper
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Red Jasper (Brecciated or Mottled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow jasper or iron-stained chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly colored by iron oxides
Black Onyx
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Orange carnelian (likely tumbled chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; orange color commonly from iron oxides
Tumbled jasper or iron-rich chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely with iron-oxide inclusions
Jasper with Quartz inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Jasper (Yellow/Brown variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Jasper (likely Brecciated or Multi-colored)
Jasper (SiO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Agate (Common Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Agate/Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Goethite/Iron inclusions
Polished banded agate
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony
Tree Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite inclusions