Probable amber fragment
Amber (fossilized plant resin; chiefly amorphous organic resin, commonly dominated by succinite)
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Probable amber fragment
Amber (fossilized plant resin; chiefly amorphous organic resin, commonly dominated by succinite)
Diamond
Diamond (pure carbon; C)
Quartz (River Pebble)
Quartz (SiO₂ - Silicon Dioxide)
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Chert / Flint
Chert (varieties include Flint)
Black Tourmaline
Schorl (Na(Fe2+)_{3}Al_{6} (BO_{3})_{3} (Si_{6}O_{18})(OH)_{4})
Quartz (likely Jasper or Chert variety)
Quartz (SiO₂)
Pink Stained Rock (Likely Quartzite or Sandstone with Iron Oxide Staining)
Quartzite (metamorphic) or Sandstone (sedimentary); coloration likely due to hematite or other iron oxides.
Black Tourmaline (Schorl)
Schorl (Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄)
Peridot and Citrine Gemstones (in a ring setting)
Peridot (Olivine: (Mg,Fe)2SiO4), Citrine (Quartz: SiO2)
Rhodonite beads (possibly dyed or treated, or lower quality Rhodonite)
Manganese inosilicate, (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3
Green Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with fuchsite inclusions)
Sandstone
Sandstone (lithified arenite/wacke)
Peridot (likely, given the color and bead form)
Olivine, variety Peridot (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Sandstone (Pebble/Conglomerate fragment)
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone
Sandstone (Clastic Sedimentary Rock)
Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions)
Quartz
Quartz (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Amethyst
Quartz variety; chemical formula: SiO₂ (silicon dioxide) with Fe³⁺ impurities
Weathered granite or granitic pegmatite cobble
Granite/granitic rock, composed mainly of quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and minor biotite or other dark minerals; the reddish-brown areas may be iron-oxide staining or weathered accessory minerals
Amber (Black)
Amber (succinite, retinite, etc., specifically, heavily included/dark varieties)
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Tumbled carnelian agate with dark mineral inclusions
Carnelian, an orange variety of microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; dark inclusions are likely iron oxides/hydroxides, possibly hematite, goethite, or a basaltic/matrix fragment
Agate
Agate (a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO₂)
Black Tourmaline (Schorl)
Schorl (Na(Fe^2+)3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3)(OH)3(OH))
Aquamarine and clear quartz
Aquamarine (Be3Al2Si6O18), Quartz (SiO2)
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz (Rock Crystal) with minor impurities
Quartz (SiO2)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (likely a river or beach pebble)
Sandstone (a clastic sedimentary rock)
Banded agate pendant (likely carnelian or brown-and-white chalcedony agate)
Agate, a banded variety of chalcedony; microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide coloration
Clear Quartz (beads in a bracelet)
Quartz (SiO2)
Agate (or Banded Agate)
Agate (a variety of Chalcedony, which is a cryptocrystalline form of Quartz); Chemical Formula: SiO₂ (Silicon Dioxide)
Agate
Agate (a variety of Chalcedony, SiO2)
Flint
Chert (a form of cryptocrystalline quartz, chemical formula SiO₂)
Polymictic breccia, possibly volcanic breccia
Polymictic clastic breccia; likely a matrix-supported breccia containing lithic fragments, quartz, feldspar, and dark mafic minerals
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Banded Chert or Chert with Quartz Veins
Chert (SiO2)
Quartz (variety of colors)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)