Diamond
Carbon (C)
Category
Browse anthropogenic (man made material processed by nature) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Polished black pebble, possibly obsidian
Volcanic glass (obsidian), likely; identification is tentative from the image
Small greenish crystal/mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly olivine, quartz, or a green gemstone fragment
Blue Diamond
Carbon with Boron impurities (C)
Green Obsidian Sphere (man-made glass)
Vitreous Silica with Chromium/Iron additives
Red cabochon gemstone ring (likely glass or synthetic stone)
Undetermined; the image does not establish a natural mineral identity
Carved quartz (likely rose quartz and green aventurine/quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂); green material may be aventurine quartz or serpentine
N/A - Man-made object (Jewelry Chain)
Antiqued or Oxidized Metal Chain (often Steel or Brass)
Pink Tumbled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Likely blue-green glassy slag or a weathered mineral fragment
Unidentified; the image does not show diagnostic features sufficient for a mineral identification
Obsidian
Volcanic glass
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite (Man-made glass)
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Goldstone beads (likely brown goldstone)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral. Often sold as “aventurine glass.”
Blue obsidian-like volcanic glass
Volcanic glass, chiefly silica-rich amorphous material (composition uncertain)
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Green Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (weathered)
Titanium Coated Aura Quartz (Apple Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Metallic Vapor Deposition Coating
Chert (Arrowheads)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Man-made Green Quartz (Lab-grown or Treated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial coloration
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by wave action)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Silica-based)
Green Aura Quartz (Titanium treated Kyanite or Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Aluminum Silicate (Al2SiO5) with Titanium/Metal Oxide coating
Chert Arrowhead
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tumbled milky quartz (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Terracotta (Man-made ceramic brick fragment)
Baked clay / High-iron ceramic (Silicate-based ceramic)
Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Sandstone Concretion
Limonitic Sandstone Concretion
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opalite-like quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; possibly pale common opal, hydrated SiO₂·nH₂O
Blue opal heart cabochon
Common opal, hydrated amorphous silica (SiO₂·nH₂O), likely blue-dyed or synthetic opalite
Green sea glass (likely)
Man-made glass, likely soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral or rock
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Titanium Amethyst Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium/Metal Vapor Deposition Layer
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Silica, SiO2)
Blue glassy fragment among beach gravel
Likely cobalt-blue man-made glass; not a natural mineral specimen
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Green obsidian (likely molded or heat-treated glass-like specimen)
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic composition (silica-rich amorphous SiO₂)
Luminous Stone (Glow-in-the-dark Synthetic/Man-made Stone)
Strontium Aluminate tinted glass or resin (Crystalline silicate/oxide mix)
Clear quartz fragment (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (Siliclastic sedimentary rock)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz SiO2)