Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
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Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Chert (Arrowhead/Artifact Fragment)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (phaneritic intrusive igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Cullet Glass (Strawberry Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with possibly iron oxides and other minerals)
Sandstone
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Chert (Jasper variety) with Iron Oxide staining
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Goethite/Limonite impurities
Ironstone (Limonitic Shale)
Ferruginous Siltstone / Goethite-rich Sedimentary Rock
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) inclusions
Schist (Kyanite Schist)
Kyanite-Mica Schist (primarily Al2SiO5, KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2, and SiO2)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Milky Quartz with Iron Inclusions
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Agate Slices and Clear Quartz Points
Agate (SiO2 Chalcedony) and Clear Quartz (SiO2 Crystalline)
Granite
Phaneritic plutonic rock (dominated by Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Gold Nugget
Native Gold (Au)
Pebble
Clast (specifically a granule or small pebble)
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2 with minor impurities)
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Granite (a common rock type, not a single mineral with a formula. Composed primarily of quartz, feldspar, and mica/amphibole).
Granite (Weathered River Rock)
Plutonic Igneous Rock (primarily Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Granite
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock, consisting primarily of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Grooved Maun Ball (Maul/Hammerstone-like Concretion)
Calcareous/Ferruginous Concretion in Sandstone Matrix
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Rock (Granite)
Pink Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride) - CaF2
Turquoise in Matrix
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Igneous Rock (composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Black Onyx
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with parallel banded structure
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Carnelian and White Quartz Bracelet
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - specifically Carnelian (Chalcedony) and Rock Crystal/Snow Quartz
Turquoise
Turquoise (Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium) CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Turquoise (Green variety)
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Chrysocolla in Jasper (Chryso-Jasper)
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·n H2O (Chrysocolla) + SiO2 (Jasper)
Brick
Fired clay or Ceramic material (no specific mineralogical scientific name as it's a composite)
Banded Gneiss (River Rock/Pebble)
Gneiss (specifically a banded variety, likely a orthogneiss or paragneiss depending on parent rock)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Aphanitic Igneous Rock)
Granite (specifically Pink Granite)
Phaneritic Plutonic Rock (High Potassium Feldspar Granite)
Shale
Fissile Clay-dominant Mudrock (SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, CaO, MgO)