Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
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Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
man-made glass
Chert (Field-collected Arrowhead-shaped Fragment)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
gemstone
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
gemstone
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
mineral
Opalite-style glass pendant
Man-made opalescent glass (not natural opal)
mineral
Blue opalite glass cabochon (likely imitation opal)
Man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral
gemstone
Opalite glass sphere (likely synthetic imitation)
Man-made opalescent glass; not natural opal
mineral
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
gemstone
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary concretion
Sedimentary
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony
sedimentary
Ocean Jasper Mushroom
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 mixed with various impurities)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
mineral
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)
mineral
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)
mineral
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite inclusions)
mineral
Aura Quartz Geodes (Lab-Altered)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Metallic Vapor Deposition
mineral
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Anthropogenic (Man-made)
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with crystalline copper/cobalt inclusions
mineral
Bismuth Crystal
Bismuth (Bi)
mineral
Aura Rose Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Titanium/Gold coating)
mineral
Cubic Zirconia
Cubic Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
gemstone
Aura Quartz (Titanium-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
mineral
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
mineral
Chakra Stone (Composite / Man-made Bonded Gemstones)
Composite of Quartz, Lapis Lazuli, Aventurine, Tiger's Eye, and Jasper (SiO2, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, etc.)
Combined Minerals / Metaphysical stones
Fossiliferous limestone with colonial coral
Calcite (CaCO₃) limestone containing fossil tabulate or rugose coral colonies
fossil
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
mineral
Libyan Desert Glass
Tektite (high-silica impact glass), SiO2
mineral
Zinc Alloy (Silver-plated)
Zinc Alloy Casting (Zn-Al-Mg-Cu)
mineral (refined metal)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous aggregate
sedimentary
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
Synthetic/Man-made Glass
Chalcedony / milky quartz flake
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony; possibly a worked quartzite or chert fragment
mineral
White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
mineral
Unidentified translucent crystal/mineral fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂), but visual identification is uncertain
mineral
Tumbled white chalcedony (likely milky quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
mineral
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2
metamorphic