Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product/Ferrous Slag
Mineral-like Industrial Smelting Waste
Category
Anthropgenic (Industrial Byproduct)
Browse anthropgenic (industrial byproduct) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Ferrous Silicate
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic)
Silicon Carbide
Silicon Carbide (Moissanite / Carborundum), SiC
mineral
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Asphaltum / Bitumen-Aggregate Matrix
Technonatural composite (often containing sedimentary/igneous aggregate)
Iron Slag
Iron smelting byproduct (Glassy/vesicular silicate)
anthropogenic / industrial byproduct
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron oxide/Silicate composite
Mineral-like byproduct (Technogenic)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
igneous (anthropogenic)
Ferrochrome Slag
Anthropogenic slag (Fe-Cr alloy waste)
industrial byproduct
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrophyre (Iron or Smelting Slag)
Mineral-like byproduct
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica / Glass Slag
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock-like material)
Blue Slag Glass
Man-made Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous)
Anthropogenic (Man-made)
Green Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Glass
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Cobalt Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (anthropogenic) with Cobalt additives
mineraloid
Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
mineral
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Antropogenic rock (Man-made)
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
man-made glass / industrial byproduct
Slag Glass
Vitreous Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock)
Slag (Industrial Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silicate Glass (often containing Al, Ca, Mg, and Ti oxides)
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Mineral byproduct (Anthropogenic)
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica / Glassy Blast Furnace Slag
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Possible flint or slag fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), or iron-rich industrial slag
mineral
Iron Slag
Ferrous slag (primarily silicates and oxides of calcium, iron, and magnesium)
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
mineraloid / industrial byproduct
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Artificial Vitreous Silicate
mineraloid (anthropogenic)
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Anthropogenic / Non-Natural
Blue slag glass / industrial smelter slag
Man-made iron-rich silicate slag; composition variable, commonly Fe–Ca–Mg–Al silicates with glassy phases
mineral
Possible iron meteorite
Metallic meteorite, likely Fe–Ni alloy (kamacite/taenite)
meteorite
Red Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Antropogenic (Man-made material)
Copper slag or vesicular basalt with copper minerals
Industrial slag / Basaltic matrix with secondary copper minerals
igneous
Likely slag or metallic industrial byproduct
Unidentified iron-rich ferrous slag; possibly magnetite-bearing slag
mineral
Rounded metallic-looking pebble, likely iron-rich rock or slag
Uncertain; possible limonite/goethite-rich ironstone, hematite-bearing material, or industrial slag
mineral
Slag Glass
Glassy Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct
Ferruginous Slag (Iron Smelting Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate (often containing Fayalite: Fe2SiO4)
Mineraloid/Anthropogenic (Technofossil)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
mineral
Anthracite Coal with Sulfur staining
Anthracite (Carbon C with impurities)
metamorphic
Possible obsidian or slag glass
Volcanic glass, primarily SiO₂; alternatively industrial iron-rich glassy slag
igneous
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Chert (Arrowhead Debitage or Spall)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
sedimentary
Asphalt Conglomerate
Artificial Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Leland Blue Stone
Anthropogenic Iron Smelting Slag
mineraloid
Jasper (Multi-colored) / Sea Glass Slag
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of Iron Oxide
Sedimentary (if natural Jasper) or Artificial (if Slag)
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Anthropogenic Amorphous Vitreous Silicate
mineraloid