Carved quartz skull, likely smoky quartz or gray chalcedony
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz or microcrystalline quartz
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Carved quartz skull, likely smoky quartz or gray chalcedony
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz or microcrystalline quartz
Tumbled chalcedony (likely moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Stone bead bracelet
Unidentified polished natural-stone beads; possibly wood-grain jasper, agate, or serpentine
Likely iron-rich rock or weathered metallic mineral fragment
Uncertain; possibly limonite/goethite or iron-bearing slag
Sandstone
Arenite
Carved labradorite fish
Labradorite, calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar (approximately (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈)
Blue opalite (often sold as synthetic opal)
Opalite glass; amorphous hydrated silica if natural opal (SiO₂·nH₂O)
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Green cabochon gemstone, likely nephrite jade
Nephrite jade—interlocking amphibole fibers, chiefly tremolite-actinolite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Anthropogenic Amorphous Vitreous Silicate
Flint / Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Likely smoky quartz pendant
Smoky quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz variety colored by irradiation-related defects
Chert (Nodular or Massive Variety)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Human-processed soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral or rock
Man-made Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Glassy Residue
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Chert (likely flint)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Quartz (likely Chalcedony or Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow faceted gemstone, likely citrine or synthetic glass
Citrine (quartz, SiO₂) is the leading natural possibility; visual identification is uncertain from the photograph
Heart-shaped faceted gemstone pendant
Likely yellow quartz (citrine) or synthetic yellow stone, set in metal with small clear accent stones
Likely blue glass or synthetic gemstone jewelry
Uncertain; possibly synthetic spinel, cubic zirconia, or blue glass
Small metallic-looking mineral/rock fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly galena, hematite, or metallic slag
Chert (Arrowhead/Artifact Fragment)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Gemstone ring (stones not reliably identifiable from the image)
Likely faceted yellow stones and clear stones set in a metal band; species and treatments are indeterminate visually
Asphalt (Bituminous Pavement Bit)
Bitumen-bound aggregate (Petrochemical-bound composite)
Coquina (Fossiliferous Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Flint / Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Polished amethyst-bearing quartz
Quartz, SiO₂; purple coloration from irradiation and trace iron
Gold
Native Gold (Au)
Concrete Rubble with Aggregate
Hardened Portland Cement Paste with Coarse Aggregate
Flint (or Chert)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Concrete with Aggregate
Artificial Conglomerate (Cement and Aggregate)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (with nodule)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Blue-dyed Quartz Druzy
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Mixed quartz gemstone bead bracelet
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), in varieties including smoky quartz, amethyst, rutilated quartz, and possibly tourmalinated quartz
Polished orbicular granite heart
Granite, commonly quartz–alkali feldspar–plagioclase–biotite granite; exact locality-dependent
Bismuth Crystal
Bismuth (Bi)
Aura Quartz (Anomalously Coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with vaporized metals
Red-and-brown agate bead bracelet
Agate, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), likely colored chalcedony/carnelian