Alexandrite
Chrysoberyl (BeAl2O4 with Chromium impurities)
Category
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Alexandrite
Chrysoberyl (BeAl2O4 with Chromium impurities)
Ferruginous Sandstone with Quartz Inclusions
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Iron-rich Sandstone)
Polished Stone Pendant (Identity Unclear)
Unknown (Possibly Jasper/Agate/Quartz mixture)
Fluorite on Matrix
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Gold Nugget / Native Gold
Native Gold (Au)
Quartz (Druzy on Matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium impurities)
Milky Quartz (Crystal Cluster)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Quartz Variety
Rock Specimen
Unclassified rock specimen
Dyed or treated turquoise-like tumbled stone
Likely turquoise (CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O), though blue-green magnesite or howlite imitation is possible
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (composed primarily of K-Feldspar, Quartz, and Plagioclase)
Granite
Felsic Plutonic Rock (primarily Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, and Plagioclase)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pearl
Pearl; primarily aragonite (CaCO₃) in nacre
Marble
Metamorphosed Limestone (CaCO3)
Diamond (as set in a metal alloy ring)
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Seashell Fragment
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) - primarily Aragonite or Calcite
Green Turban Shell (Polished)
Turbo marmoratus (Aragonite/Calcite)
Ocean Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) microcrystalline quartz aggregate with inclusions
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) with Chromium and/or Vanadium impurities
Tumbled turquoise-like stone
Likely turquoise, hydrated copper aluminum phosphate: CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Emerald (Faceted Gemstone)
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with Chromium/Vanadium impurities)
Small brown-gray mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly weathered quartz-, feldspar-, or iron-oxide-bearing rock
Pebble (likely a type of sandstone or quartzite pebble)
Clastic Sediment (specifically, a rudite-sized clast). If the pebble is composed of a specific rock type, its scientific name would be that rock type (e.g., 'Quartzite pebble', 'Granite pebble', 'Chert pebble'). Given its appearance, it is likely a metamorphic quartzite pebble or a hard sandstone pebble.
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
Placer Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Turquoise
Hydrated copper aluminum phosphate, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Ferruginous Sandstone (Gozzan/Ironstone)
Arenite with Limonite/Goethite cement (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Red jasper in gray host rock (likely hematite-stained quartzite or rhyolite)
Jasper: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with iron-oxide coloration; exact host uncertain from image
Diamond (Green tinted)
Carbon (C) with trace impurities or lattice defects
Ruby
Corundum (Al2O3 with Chromium traces)
Emerald (Beryl)
Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈ (Chromium/Vanadium-bearing Beryl)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Marble
Metamorphic Limestone (Calcite, CaCO3)
Cullet Glass (Man-made Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with chemical additives
Emerald
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18 with chromium and vanadium impurities)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Note: Item is not a geological specimen
Homo sapiens (Dermal Appendage: Pilus)
Massive Quartz (Milky or Gray)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gossanous Sandstone (likely Terrestrial)
Arenite with Iron-Oxide inclusions