Common Marble
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
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Common Marble
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Litharenite)
Limestone (Brecciated/Recrystallized)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quartz Geode (Druzy)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sparkling Druzy Quartz on Matrix
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Chert (Common Opal/Agate inclusion)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Nodule)
SiO2 (Microcrystalline Quartz)
Chert (Arrowhead Preform or Flake)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartz (Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
CaCO3 (principally Calcite or Aragonite)
Honey Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Dendritic Agate (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese or Iron oxide inclusions
Chalcopyrite in Quartz (Gossan/Iron Hat)
CuFeS2 (Chalcopyrite) with SiO2 (Quartz)
White Opal (Common)
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Sandstone (Gneissic or Banded)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (composed predominantly of SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock (complex silicate)
Limestone Pebble
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone (Coquina / Shell Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with fossil inclusions
Sandstone (with potential trace fossils)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Iron-stained)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 staining)
Amethyst
Quartz (SiO2) with trace iron impurities
Fossiliferous Limestone
Limestone (CaCO3 - Calcium Carbonate)
Chert (and Limestone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2 silicon dioxide)
Chert (River Pebble)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Orange Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Quartzite (specifically an iron-stained or Carnelian-colored variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Chert (Iron-Stained)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Foliated Gneiss (River-Worn Pebble)
Gneiss (High-grade Regional Metamorphic Rock)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Amethyst (Quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (Grey-Green Var.)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
N/A - Non-Geological Item
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Amethyst
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - a variety of Quartz