Banded Agate (Agatized Geode Slice)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Category
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Banded Agate (Agatized Geode Slice)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Copper Ore with Malachite and Chrysocolla
Cu2CO3(OH)2 (Malachite) with Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (Chrysocolla)
Druzy Quartz (on Quartzite or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Chert (specifically Flint or Common Chert)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Raw Corundum (Sapphire/Ruby variant)
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3)
Milky or Iron-Stained Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Ferruginous Sandstone (River Pebble)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Plutonic Felsic Rock
Amethyst (Quartz Cluster)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Okenite (in Zeolite matrix)
Okenite (CaSi2O5 · 2H2O)
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Granite Pebble
Granite (Felsic Plutonic Rock)
Ironstone Concretion (Moqui Marble)
Iron Oxide Concretion (Fe2O3 / FeO(OH) mixed with SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rhodochrosite
Manganese carbonate (MnCO3)
Dyed Pink Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Granite Pebble
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock comprising Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Milky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nobule)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 with trace impurities of iron oxides)
Sandstone Concretion
Moqui Marble / Iron-oxide Concretion (SiO2 with Hematite/Goethite)
Garnet in Schist (Garnetiferous Micaceous Schist)
Almandine Garnet, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Yellow Jasper
Silicon Dioxide with iron inclusions (SiO2)
Black Limestone with Calcite Veining
Bituminous Limestone (CaCO3 with Organic Carbon inclusions)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Sedimentary Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Peacock Ore (Bornite or Iridescent Chalcopyrite)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4) or Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) with oxidation
Milky Quartz Pebble
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Chert (Green variety)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Bornite (Peacock Ore)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
Quartz-bearing Ore (likely Gold-bearing Quartz)
Quartz (SiO2) with potential sulfide mineralization (Pyrite/Arsenopyrite)
Pink Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Granite Cobble
Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock (Granite)
Pyrite with Calcite
Iron Disulfide (FeS2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)