White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
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White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
Unidentified translucent crystal/mineral fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂), but visual identification is uncertain
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2
Mohave Turquoise (Composite/Stabilized)
Hydrated copper aluminium phosphate (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) with stabilizing resin and metallic inclusions
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide infused with Copper crystals)
Green Quartz / Chrysoprase / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary rock containing rounded clasts)
Clear quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Silica Simulant)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Opalite (a synthetic glass)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various additives; not a true mineral but a man-made gem simulant
Aura Quartz (Titanium/Rainbow Quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with metallic coating
Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion (Ironstone / Calcite Concretion)
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomerate)
Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silicate-rich)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (typically Quartz/Silica with Iron Oxide)
Libyan Desert Glass
Libyan Desert Glass (SiO2 with trace elements)
Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass (SiO2 + additives)
Sea Glass (specifically Frosted White)
Amorphous Silica (substance: Sodium-calcium silicate glass)
Basalt or Slag
Extrusive Igneous Rock / Industrial Slag
Blue glassy gemstone cabochon, likely dyed chalcedony or glass
Uncertain; possible dyed chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Opalite (likely man-made glass)
Opalite; amorphous silica glass, not a natural mineral
Banded Slag Glass (Leland Blue/Frankfort Green style)
Anthropogenic Glass Specimen (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Iron meteorite fragment (likely metallic meteorite)
Fe–Ni kamacite/taenite alloy; exact identification requires testing
Tumbled milky quartz (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Milky quartz (likely rough quartz crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Polished black stone, likely black obsidian
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic silica glass (SiO₂-rich)
Dyed Agate / Painted Stone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Opalite
Synthetically produced glass (Silicon Dioxide with metallic inclusions)
Tumbled clear quartz (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Vesicular basalt (probable iron-rich volcanic rock)
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and Fe-Ti oxides
Polished milky quartz (likely quartz worry stone or wand)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Opalite (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
Rounded metallic-looking pebble, likely iron-rich rock or slag
Uncertain; possible limonite/goethite-rich ironstone, hematite-bearing material, or industrial slag
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)