Smooth river pebble
Indeterminate lithology; likely fine-grained quartz-rich sandstone, siltstone, or weathered chert
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Smooth river pebble
Indeterminate lithology; likely fine-grained quartz-rich sandstone, siltstone, or weathered chert
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock composite)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (likely Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Chert (Siliceous Pebble)
Microcrystalline / Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide with iron impurities (SiO2)
Orange Calcite / Quartzite with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Iron Oxide impurities
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose type)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Quartz (Smoky/Milky Variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Ferrous/Non-ferrous Silicate
Clear quartz crystal sphere
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with aluminum impurities
Carved quartz skull, likely smoky quartz or gray chalcedony
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz or microcrystalline quartz
Obsidian (likely blue-sheen or coated obsidian)
Volcanic glass; primarily rhyolitic silica glass (SiO₂-rich, noncrystalline)
Citrine Quartz / Iron-stained Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Red Cubic Zirconia (Simulated Garnet)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green aventurine beads
Quartz (SiO₂), typically green quartzite/aventurine with fuchsite mica inclusions
Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed mostly of quartz, SiO2)
Blue-beaded gemstone jewelry, likely lapis lazuli or dyed blue agate
Uncertain from the image; possible lazurite-bearing lapis lazuli (Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂S) or blue chalcedony (SiO₂)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2