Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Category
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Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fossilized Coral
Cnidaria (Anthozoa), often replaced by Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Vitreous volcanic silicate (SiO2 with Cristobalite inclusions)
Amazonite
Amazonite (KAlSi3O8)
Natural White Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite/Calcite) with Conchiolin - CaCO3
Quartz Geode (partially opened)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron staining
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Granite
Granite (a broadly defined plutonic igneous rock, often more specifically classified as quartz monzonite or granodiorite based on precise mineral percentages)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite
Ruby
Corundum (mineral species), variety: Ruby (Al2O3 with Cr3+ as the chromophore)
Jasper
Jasper (Silica/Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Galena
Lead(II) sulfide (PbS)
Labradorite (likely Black Labradorite or Larvikite)
Labradorite (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8. If a rock, it is typically anorthosite, gabbro, or norite, or a variety of syenite called Larvikite if it is specifically from Larvik, Norway.
Quartz (Variety: Rock Crystal Cluster)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Opal
Hydrated Amorphous Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Quartz Crystal Point
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O]
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Disulfide (FeS2)
Orthoclase Feldspar (or K-Feldspar)
Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
Clear Quartz (beads in a bracelet)
Quartz (SiO2)
Pyrite (Iron Pyrite)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Agatized Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony pseudomorph after Wood
Iron Meteorite
Iron-nickel alloy (primarily kamacite and taenite)
K2 Azurite Granite / K2 Stone
Granite (igneous rock) with Azurite inclusions (mineral)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Moonstone
Adularia or Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8) or Albite (NaAlSi3O8), specifically with lamellar exsolution of albite and orthoclase.
Turquoise
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O (Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride - CaF2)
Green Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) containing Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
White Chalcedony (likely Common Opal or Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amethyst Geode (Carved)
Amethyst (Violet Crystalline Quartz - SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Pyrite (on Quartz matrix)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Ironstone Concretion (likely)
Goethite/Hematite/Limonite cemented sediment
Diamond (Rough)
Diamond (C)
Smoky Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)