Banded Slate
Metamorphic Argillite / Slate
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Banded Slate
Metamorphic Argillite / Slate
Red Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Gneiss
Metamorphic Foliated Gneiss
Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Banded Gneiss
Gneiss (Metamorphic Rock)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (likely Gneiss or Schist)
Gneissic Metamorphic Rock
Specular Hematite (Specularite)
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Slate
Foliated Metamorphic Rock (Mainly composed of Quartz, Illite, Chlorite)
Garnet in Matrix
Almandine or Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3) in Schist or Eclogite matrix
Magnetite-rich ironstone (probable magnetite ore)
Magnetite, Fe₃O₄, likely in a fine-grained ironstone matrix
Pyrite
Iron Pyrite (FeS2)
Pyrite (on the right) and Magnetite or Hematite (on the left)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) and Iron Oxide (Fe3O4 or Fe2O3)
Weathered brown rock, likely sandstone or iron-rich quartzite
Indeterminate; probable quartz-rich sandstone (quartz, feldspar, iron oxides)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet in Mica Schist (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Garnet Amphibolite (or Garnet Gneiss)
Garnet amphibolite / Garnet-bearing metamorphic rock
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Muscovite
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Ruby in Kyanite
Corundum in Disthene (Al2SiO5 + Al2O3)
Kyanite
Kyanite (Al2SiO5)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz Beads
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz pebble
SiO2
Tumbled Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Pink/Rose Quartz or Quartz Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
White Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iceland Spar (Optical Calcite)
Calcite (CaCO3)
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)