Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
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Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Blue glassy fragment among beach gravel
Likely cobalt-blue man-made glass; not a natural mineral specimen
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Concrete fragment or Conglomerate
Artificial Conglomerate (Concrete) or Natural Conglomerate
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
Polished obsidian
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic SiO₂
Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Polished opalite (likely man-made opalescent glass)
Opalite is a commercial name, not a mineral; typically opalescent glass, often soda-lime silicate glass
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
Engineerged Quartz (Quartz Composite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) in a polymer resin matrix
Porcelain (White Ceramic)
Mullite-bearing Vitrified Ceramic (Major phases: Mullite Al6Si2O13, Glassy Silica SiO2)
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
Asphalt Chunk (Bituminous Concrete)
Aggregated Bitumen / Artificial Breccia
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)
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green glassy mineral fragment, possibly fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), tentative identification
Glass / Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
SiO2 (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
Opalite-style glass pendant
Man-made opalescent glass (not natural opal)
Blue opalite glass cabochon (likely imitation opal)
Man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral
Opalite glass sphere (likely synthetic imitation)
Man-made opalescent glass; not natural opal
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite inclusions)
Aura Quartz Geodes (Lab-Altered)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Metallic Vapor Deposition
Painted River Rock
Anthropogenic-modified Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rock
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with crystalline copper/cobalt inclusions
Possible weathered basalt or slag fragment
Basalt, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene; identification is uncertain from the image