Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
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Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Pseudomorph after crocidolite
Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Halite (Rock Salt)
Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)
Tumbled green serpentine (probable)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite; commonly Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Serpentinite
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), with magnetite and minor chromite/talc
Fossil-bearing limestone
Calcite-rich limestone (mainly CaCO₃), with a possible shell fossil
Zoisite with Hornblende
Zoisite (Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)) with Amphibole inclusions
Pale green rough mineral fragment, likely green fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂) — identification is tentative from the photo
Likely citrine or yellow glass imitation in a silver-tone bracelet
Citrine: quartz, SiO₂; exact material cannot be confirmed visually
Polished serpentine with veined host rock
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)
Serpentine pendant
Serpentinite; chiefly antigorite, lizardite, or chrysotile Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Silicified oyster fossil
Fossil oyster shell, commonly Ostrea or Crassostrea, replaced or encrusted by chalcedony/quartz
Turquoise (rough, likely stabilized or treated)
Turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Tumbled amethyst with quartz and likely agate inclusions
Amethyst, purple quartz (SiO₂), with included/mixed quartz; crystalline variety of quartz
Sulfur (native sulfur)
Native sulfur, S₈
Likely milky quartz
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
Small quartz-rich mineral fragment
Quartz (SiO₂), possibly milky or chalcedonic quartz
Serpentinized ultramafic rock (serpentinite)
Serpentinite; chiefly serpentine-group minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, with possible magnetite, chromite, talc, and carbonate
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Agate
SiO2 (Chalcedony/Quartz)
Inlaid turquoise and red-stone earrings
Likely turquoise (CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O) with an unidentified red inlay; the image does not establish the materials
Quartz crystal cluster
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky to pale honey-colored macrocrystalline quartz
Pyrite-bearing rock (likely pyrite-rich schist or sulfide ore)
Pyrite (FeS₂) in a fine-grained host rock; exact host cannot be determined from the image
Milky quartz cluster
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Halite
Sodium Chloride (NaCl)
Limonite (Iron Ore)
FeO(OH)·nH2O (Hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide)
Likely pyrite-bearing rock
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly in a quartz- or sulfide-rich matrix
Halite (Rock Salt) Crust
Sodium Chloride (NaCl)
Milky quartz crystal cluster
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Biotite granite (likely weathered granite)
Granite; quartz + feldspar + biotite, with accessory dark minerals
Unidentified gray-brown stone
Likely fine-grained quartz–feldspar rock; exact identification is not possible from this close, blurred image
Small porous rock (possibly vesicular volcanic rock)
Undetermined; possibly vesicular basalt or scoria
Quartz-bearing granite or pegmatite fragment
Likely granitic material composed mainly of quartz (SiO₂), feldspar, and possibly biotite or hornblende
Mossy Rock
Mixed lithology rock with Bryophyta (moss)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Chalcedony (Tumbled Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished granite (likely a granite countertop or floor slab)
Granite; a coarse-grained intrusive felsic rock composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Quartz with iron-oxide staining
Quartz (SiO₂), likely with limonite/goethite staining and possible mica or other dark inclusions
Magnetite or Ironstone Nodule
Magnetite (Fe3O4) or Hematite-rich Sedimentary Nodule