Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
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Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Pink Tumbled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Crackle Quartz (Green)
Quenching-treated Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Quartzite (Engineered Stone)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) based synthetic composite
Chert Concretion (with typical hematite/limonite staining)
Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 with FeO(OH)⋅nH2O)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with mineral cement)
Pyrite Concretion (Grapestone)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2) Concretion
Slag
Industrial Silicate Slag
Note: This is a Man-Made Object (Costume/Prop Patch)
Synthetic fiber and pigments (Cellulose/Plastic-based composite)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Goldstone (blue/black aventurine glass)
Man-made aventurine glass; silica glass containing metallic copper or other glittering inclusions
Polished blue-green glassy slag or coated mineral fragment
Most likely man-made colored glass/slag; exact composition cannot be determined visually
Slag
Anthropogenic Iron Silicate Glass
Aura Quartz (Titanium/Gold coated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor deposition
Blue slag glass or dyed glass-like industrial material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely copper-bearing blue slag, but possibly colored man-made glass
Aura Quartz
Titanium/Titanium-Gold treated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Yellow cabochon gemstone, likely citrine or yellow glass imitation
Quartz (SiO₂), if natural citrine; visual evidence is insufficient to exclude man-made glass or resin
Small clear crystal, possibly quartz or glass-like gemstone
Uncertain; likely quartz (SiO₂), but the image is insufficient to exclude man-made glass or cubic zirconia
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).
Tumbled sea glass or pale-green quartz pebble
Indeterminate from image; possibly quartz (SiO₂), but the smooth translucent piece may be man-made glass
Baked-clay ceramic fragment (likely brick or pottery)
Fired clay, primarily aluminosilicate minerals; not a natural rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Rock (Paraconglomerate)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz SiO2)
Ferrous Slag
Fused calcium-iron silicates (Industrial Slag)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Titanium Amethyst Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium/Metal Vapor Deposition Layer
Vesicular basalt (weathered scoria)
Scoriaceous basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and iron-titanium oxides
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag (Post-industrial byproduct)
Cobalt Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (anthropogenic) with Cobalt additives
Blue tumbled glass-like specimen; likely blue slag glass
Likely man-made glass (silicate glass), not a natural mineral; exact material cannot be confirmed from the image
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica / Glass Slag
Blue Crackle Quartz (Dyed Quarzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Dyed Blue Agate (Dragon Vein Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial cobalt/organic dyes
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating
Chert (specifically a Lithic Flake)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Colorless faceted quartz-like gemstone
Likely quartz (SiO₂), though the appearance may also indicate man-made glass or cubic zirconia
Metallic sulfide mineral fragment, likely galena
Galena (lead sulfide, PbS), tentative identification
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural form)
Banded Slag Glass (Leland Blue/Frankfort Green style)
Anthropogenic Glass Specimen (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide with impurities)