Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
metamorphic (man-made / anthropic)
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Anthropogenic (Man Made Material Processed By Nature)
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Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Synthetic/Anthropogenic Mineraloid
Rose Quartz and Cherry Quartz (Dyed Glass/Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions/dye
gemstone
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Pavement)
Aggregates in Bitumen Matrix
Technogenic / Anthropogenic Pavement Material
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Glass, SiO2 base with metallic inclusions
mineraloid (synthetic)
Opalite (likely man-made glass)
Opalite; amorphous silica glass, not a natural mineral
gemstone
Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Not a geological specimen
N/A (man-made object)
N/A
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
glass
Colorless quartz crystal (likely quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
mineral
Asphalt Chunk (with aggregate)
Bituminous concrete / Anthropogenic conglomerate
sedimentary (anthropogenic/man-made conglomerate)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Mineral byproduct (Anthropogenic)
Costume Jewelry with Synthetic Gemstones
Synthetic Cubic Zirconia and Glass (SiO2 / ZrO2)
mineral
Quartzite (Engineered Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) based synthetic composite
metamorphic
Concrete Paver (Artificial Cementitious Rock)
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate
Sedimentary (Synthetic)
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
mineraloid / man-made glass
Slag Glass
Vitreous Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock)
Synthetic Faux Fur Fursuit
Polyacrylonitrile / Polyester (Synthetic Textile)
not a rock (synthetic material/costume)
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
gemstone
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix containing aggregates and petroleum-based binder (CnH2n+2)
not a rock (anthropogenic material/technofossil)
Cultured Marble (Synthetic)
Polymer-matrix composite (typically calcium carbonate in polyester resin)
Synthetic / Composite Material
Slag
Metallurgical by-product
Anthropogenic (Man-made material)
N/A - Non-Geological Item
not a rock/mineral
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Man-made)
mineraloid
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C) or relevant simulant formula (e.g., ZrO2 for Cubic Zirconia)
gemstone
Quartz (Engineered Stone Countertop)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with polymer resins
Sedimentary-like (Industrial Composite)
Opalite (a synthetic glass)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various additives; not a true mineral but a man-made gem simulant
Mineral Simulant (Synthetic Glass)
Dyed Blue Agate (Dragon Vein Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial cobalt/organic dyes
mineral
Blue Impression Jasper beads
Impression jasper (microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony), chiefly SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
gemstone
Obsidian (Blue)
Volcanic Glass (SiO2)
igneous
Iron Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Ferrosilicate Glass)
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic material)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
gemstone
Chert Arrowhead (Lithic Tool)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2) - Archeological lithic artifact
sedimentary
N/A - Image does not contain a rock or mineral
Anthropogenic textile material
Non-geological
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
mineral
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Uncertain
Engineerged Quartz (Quartz Composite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) in a polymer resin matrix
mineral
Mohave Turquoise (Composite/Stabilized)
Hydrated copper aluminium phosphate (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) with stabilizing resin and metallic inclusions
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineral
Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
mineral
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with crystalline copper/cobalt inclusions
mineral