Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Category
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Quartz
Quartz (SiO₂)
Sandstone with trace fossil
Sandstone, possibly with Skolithos or similar trace fossil
Yellow Quartz or Citrine Geode/Cluster
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Citrine (likely Heat-Treated Amethyst)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz / Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Charoite
Charoite (Hydrated silicate of potassium, sodium, calcium, barium and strontium): (K,Sr,Ba)(Na,Ca)2[Si4O10](OH,f)·H2O
Red Jasper (Heliotrope family variant)
Silicon Dioxide with Hematite inclusions (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Amygdaloidal Basalt
Vesicular-Amygdaloidal Basalt (Mafic Extrusive)
Clear Quartz Crystal (Rock Crystal)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Cinnabar in Dolomite or Quartz (Cinnabrite)
Mercury sulfide (HgS) in Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Chert (Honey Chert or Chalcedony Pebble)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Porphyritic Basalt (Chinese Writing Stone or Flower Stone)
Porphyritic Basalt / Porphyry
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement fragment)
Artificial conglomerate / Bitumen-Aggregate mixture
Jasper and Agate (Polished Pebble)
Chalcedony (SiO2 with impurities)
Blue Chalcedony Geode (with Quartz Druzy)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline variety of Quartz
Quartz (Iron-stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Azurite and Malachite on Matrix
Azurite: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2; Malachite: Cu2CO3(OH)2
Quartz / Vein Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Granite
Phaneritic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Amazonite
Microcline (variety of Feldspar), K(AlSi3O8)
Biotite (Black Mica)
Biotite - K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Chert (with Chalky Cortex)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate with Fossilized Shark Teeth
Clastic sedimentary rock (Conglomerate) containing Elasmobranchii remains
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Jasper / Chert (River Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Gneiss (specifically a granitic gneiss cobble)
Gneiss (high-grade regional metamorphic rock)
Moonstone
Adularia (Potassium Aluminum Silicate, KAlSi3O8)
Clear Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Citrine (Heat-treated Amethyst)
Citrine Quartz (SiO2)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Herkimer Diamond
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
Yellow Chalcedony (Agate/Jasper mix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
River Siltstone / Mudstone Pebble
Siltstone (composed of mixed silicate and carbonate minerals)
Blue Chalcedony
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Satin Spar (often marketed as Selenite)
Fibrous Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O
Quartz (Milky Quartz pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)