Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating
mineral
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Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 + Cu)
Synthetic Glass (Often categorized as a simulated mineral)
Ferro-slag (Leland Blue/Slag Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica (Industrial Slag)
igneous
Opalite crescent pendant
Opalite (man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral)
gemstone
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
mineral
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
mineral
Goldstone (Brown/Gold)
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with Copper inclusions)
gemstone
Porcelain Tile (Sandstone-look)
Man-made Ceramic (resembling Quartz-rich Sandstone)
sedimentary (imitation)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
mineral
Slag Glass (Leland Blue variant)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
mineral
Man-made Ceramic / Clay Figurine
Aluminosilicate Ceramic (Processed Clay)
Synthetic (not a rock or mineral)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Cullet)
Man-made Silicate Glass with Cobalt Oxide (CoO)
mineraloid
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Mineral (Synthetic / Man-made)
Carborundum
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
mineral
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
mineraloid
Opalite
Synthetic glass (SiO2 + metal additions)
mineraloid
Metallic sulfide mineral fragment, likely galena
Galena (lead sulfide, PbS), tentative identification
mineral
Pink Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
mineral (synthetic)
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Man-made glass tumbled by nature
mineral
Raw quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky or included quartz
mineral
Man-made Metal Pin (Non-geological)
Antimony-Lead Alloy or Zinc/Brass Base with Electroplating
Metal Alloy / Manufactured Artifact
Brick
Fired clay or Ceramic material (no specific mineralogical scientific name as it's a composite)
Man-made material (constructed)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Avanturine Glass (or Aventurine Glass)
Synthetic Glass
Aventurine
Quartz containing inclusions of Fuchsite (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Mineral byproduct (Anthropogenic)
Cubic Zirconia (Man-made)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2) with Enamel and Metal Alloy
mineral
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
mineral
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
mineral
Asphalt Pavement (with aggregate)
Asphalt concrete
man-made composite
Dyed Crackle Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with synthetic dye
mineral
Dyed Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
mineral
Libyan Desert Glass
Impact-melt silica glass (SiO2 + traces of Al, Fe, Ti)
mineral (Tektite/Impactite)
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
mineral
Possible weathered basalt or slag fragment
Basalt, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene; identification is uncertain from the image
igneous
Ferrochrome Slag
Industrial Glassy Slag (Fe-Cr alloy byproduct)
Antropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Ferrosilicon Slag (Industrial Vitrified Glass)
Vitreous Silicate Residue
Antropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
mineral
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2, often with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
sedimentary
Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
metamorphic (man-made / anthropic)
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
Antropogenic (Man-made glass byproduct)
Carved Mottled Greenish-Yellow Crystal/Glass Object
Unknown; possibly a form of quartz (chalcedony/jadeite/nephrite) or glass/resin.
Man-made Object/Uncertain Mineral
Blue Impression Jasper beads
Impression jasper (microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony), chiefly SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
gemstone