Blue glassy gemstone cabochon, likely dyed chalcedony or glass
Uncertain; possible dyed chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
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Blue glassy gemstone cabochon, likely dyed chalcedony or glass
Uncertain; possible dyed chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Asphalt Chunk (Bituminous Concrete)
Aggregated Bitumen / Artificial Breccia
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Silica Simulant)
Likely clear quartz pebble or glassy quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite or Goethite inclusions
Iron-rich slag or ironstone; appearance is not diagnostic
Likely iron-oxide-rich material (hematite, Fe₂O₃, and/or magnetite, Fe₃O₄); possibly smelting slag
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Organic Matrix
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Clear quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Blue-green cabochon, likely chalcedony or treated glass imitation
Cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony/possibly chrysoprase); identification uncertain from image
Goldstone (Brown/Gold)
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with Copper inclusions)
Fossiliferous limestone with colonial coral
Calcite (CaCO₃) limestone containing fossil tabulate or rugose coral colonies
Synthetic Resin / Plastic Figurine
Synthetic Polymer (Copolymer of Polyethylene or Resin)
Bouncy Ball (Synthetic Rubber Polymer)
Polybutadiene / Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Cultured Marble (Synthetic)
Polymer-matrix composite (typically calcium carbonate in polyester resin)
Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Concrete with Aggregate
Composite construction material; primary matrix is Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Byproduct of smelting)
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone (with concrete/human-made layer)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz/Feldspar grains)
Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Tumbled clear quartz (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Asphalt Chunk
Asphalt concrete
Likely tumbled or cut quartz/chalcedony fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably microcrystalline quartz or quartz
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
Blue opalite glass (likely man-made)
Opalite glass; a silica-based amorphous glass, not natural opal
Polished labradorite sphere
Labradorite, calcic plagioclase feldspar ((Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈)
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
Opalite (likely man-made opalescent glass)
Opalite; not a true mineral, typically synthetic opalescent glass (silica-based)
Diamond / Clear Quartz / Glass paste
Carbon (Diamond) / Silicon Dioxide (Quartz)
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
Polished brown jasper (likely brecciated or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Cherry Quartz with Rose Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) with glass-based synthetic components
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with copper inclusions)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product/Ferrous Slag