Mixed pebble collection, including likely flint, quartzite, and fossil material
Varied silicate rocks; visible specimen may include chert (microcrystalline SiO₂), quartzite, and a possible fossil
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Mixed pebble collection, including likely flint, quartzite, and fossil material
Varied silicate rocks; visible specimen may include chert (microcrystalline SiO₂), quartzite, and a possible fossil
Picture Jasper
Impure variety of silica (SiO2)
Red jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Black Onyx
Onyx (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Red jasper pebble
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Polished black stone egg, probably black obsidian
Obsidian, a natural volcanic glass; composition primarily silica-rich glass (approximately SiO₂), with variable iron and other trace elements
Polished brecciated jasper
Jasper, opaque microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brecciated jasper with iron-oxide and dark silicate inclusions
Blue and White Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2)
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Slag
Ferrous Slag (Siliceous industrial waste)
Amethyst cluster
Quartz, SiO₂; purple coloration is caused mainly by iron-related defects and natural irradiation
Smoky Quartz on Matrix
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
Pearl
Calcium carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) - CaCO3
Green Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron silicate inclusions
Tumbled blue-green fluorite (probable)
Fluorite, calcium fluoride (CaF₂)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Black tourmaline beads (likely schorl)
Schorl, NaFe₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Smoky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), brown-to-gray smoky variety
Jasper Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Black Onyx
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Worn quartz-rich pebble, likely chert or quartzite
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly quartzite
Quartz-rich vein rock, likely milky quartz in weathered host rock
Milky quartz (SiO₂), probably with weathered feldspar and iron-oxide staining
Tumbled chalcedony or quartz-rich stone
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly pale chert or chalcedony
Carnelian (red chalcedony), possibly red agate or jasper
Chalcedony, a microcrystalline variety of quartz; silicon dioxide (SiO₂), commonly colored red-orange by iron oxides. The specimen may include opaque jasper or agate zones.
Black Onyx
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety of Chalcedony
Quartz (Smoky Quartz variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (composed primarily of Quartz, SiO2)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Corundum (Sapphire/Ruby in Matrix)
Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)
Possible iron-rich basalt or industrial slag
Basalt, likely Fe–Mg silicate rock; exact identification is uncertain from the blurred image
Sandstone Beach Pebble
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide coating)
Blue Agate (Tumbled and Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with likely organic dyes
Dark volcanic pebble, likely basalt
Basalt; fine-grained mafic rock composed mainly of plagioclase, pyroxene, and commonly olivine or magnetite
Fluorite (specifically Blue John or Banded Fluorite)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal Fragments)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)