Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
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Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Note: This is a Man-Made Object (Costume/Prop Patch)
Synthetic fiber and pigments (Cellulose/Plastic-based composite)
Ironstone Concretion
Ironstone (primarily Siderite or Limonite)
Iron Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Ferrosilicate Glass)
Dyed Agate / Painted Stone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Concretion
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Chert Arrowhead
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Polished black pebble, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Metal Alloy (Likely Pewter or Sterling Silver)
Not a natural geological specimen; composed of refined metals. If pewter, it's a tin-based alloy. If sterling silver, it's 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals (usually copper).
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Rock (Paraconglomerate)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Amorphized Silicon Dioxide)
Clay Brick
Ceramic structural unit (Al2O3·2SiO2·2H2O as precursor)
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
Crushed Stone (Likely Limestone or Granite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for Limestone / Quartz and Feldspar for Granite
Eroded Brick or Pumice-like Scoria
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria (Anthropogenic variant: Eroded Firebrick)
Ocean Jasper Mushroom
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 mixed with various impurities)
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
Gastropod Internal Mold (Steinkern)
Class Gastropoda fossil mold (Phylum Mollusca)
Rainbow Hematite Ring
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) with thin-film coating
Titanium Coated Kyanite (Aura Kyanite)
Aluminosilicate (Al2SiO5) with a Titanium-Niobium vacuum-deposited coating
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Silica Simulant)
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Red-orange jasper pebble (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Mohave Turquoise (Composite/Stabilized)
Hydrated copper aluminium phosphate (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) with stabilizing resin and metallic inclusions
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
Clear Quartz Sphere (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue cabochon gemstone, likely synthetic glass or dyed stone
Indeterminate from image; possible glass, synthetic spinel, sodalite, or lapis lazuli
Polished obsidian
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic SiO₂
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz SiO2)
Nutting Stone / Cupstone (Sandstone or Quartzite)
Sedimentary rock with anthropogenic modification (cupule)
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass
River Pebble / Chert Pebble
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with mineral cement)
Rounded graywacke or sandstone cobble
Lithified clastic sandstone; likely quartz–feldspar–lithic grain aggregate in a silica or calcite matrix
Chert Concretion (with typical hematite/limonite staining)
Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 with FeO(OH)⋅nH2O)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Costume Faux Fur)
Synthetic Polymer (Polyester/Acrylic)
Painted River Rock
Anthropogenic-modified Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rock