Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Category
Browse anthropogenic (man made material processed by nature) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Red Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Oxide inclusions
Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron Silicate
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcite, CaCO3)
Red-orange cabochon, likely carnelian or glass imitation
Carnelian: chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), commonly iron-colored
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Goldstone
N/A (Synthetic Glass with Copper Inclusions)
Vesicular basalt (weathered scoria)
Scoriaceous basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and iron-titanium oxides
Tumbled Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Milky quartz (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Crackled Quartz (Blue Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with anthropogenic dye
Polished black stone, likely obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass; mostly silica-rich rhyolitic composition)
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Limestone
Calcareous sedimentary rock (CaCO3)
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron Silicate
Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Green glassy mineral fragment, possibly fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), tentative identification
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Slag (Industrial)
N/A (Anthropogenic Slag)
Angel Aura Quartz (Treated Clear Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Vaporized Silver and Platinum
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone
Small rounded mineral pebble, possibly quartz
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline or crystalline SiO₂ (quartz), potentially with iron-oxide staining
Concretion with Geode Cavity
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Eroded Brick or Pumice-like Scoria
Vesicular Basalt / Scoria (Anthropogenic variant: Eroded Firebrick)
Glass / Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
SiO2 (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Gemstone jewelry ensemble
Likely mixed gemstone and glass-bead jewelry; exact stones cannot be determined from the image
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline variety possible
Felsic Drill Core (likely Gneiss or Granite)
Felsic Metamorphic Rock (Gneissic profile)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Coquina
Biogenic Limestone (Calcite/Aragonite base, CaCO3)