Slag (Industrial By-product)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron Silicate
mineral
Category
Industrial By Product
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Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
mineral-like (anthropogenic)
Slag (Industrial)
N/A (Anthropogenic Slag)
industrial by-product
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
mineral
Flesh-colored Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Quartzite
Quartzite (composed primarily of SiO2)
metamorphic
N/A (Non-Geological Object)
N/A
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N/A
Slag
Metallurgical by-product
Anthropogenic (Man-made material)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Non-geological / Synthetic
Zinc Alloy (Silver-plated)
Zinc Alloy Casting (Zn-Al-Mg-Cu)
mineral (refined metal)
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron Silicate
industrial byproduct
Ferro-slag (Leland Blue/Slag Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica (Industrial Slag)
igneous
Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
Banded Iron Formation (Magnetite-Hematite-Chert)
sedimentary
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
mineral
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix containing aggregates and petroleum-based binder (CnH2n+2)
not a rock (anthropogenic material/technofossil)
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical byproduct
igneous
Cobalt Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (anthropogenic) with Cobalt additives
mineraloid
N/A - Non-Geological Item
not a rock/mineral
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Synthetic/Man-made Polymer
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Byproduct of smelting)
Antropogenic (Man-made)
Hematite
Hematite (Fe2O3)
mineral
Shale (Beach-worn)
Laminated Pelite (primarily clay minerals and quartz)
sedimentary
Mica Schist
Mica Schist (primarily Muscovite and Biotite composition)
metamorphic
Asphalt Chunk (with aggregate)
Bituminous concrete / Anthropogenic conglomerate
sedimentary (anthropogenic/man-made conglomerate)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide infused with Cobalt/Copper)
Synthetic (Man-made Glass)
Iron Slag
Ferrous Slag (Silicate/Oxide mixture)
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic)
Cultured Marble (Synthetic)
Polymer-matrix composite (typically calcium carbonate in polyester resin)
Synthetic / Composite Material
Pumice
Pumicite (Volcanic glass with vesicular texture)
igneous
Opalite
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
mineral
Cullet Glass (Industrial Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with metallic oxide impurities
Man-made byproduct (often mistaken for Obsidian or Emerald)
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Synthetic Mineral Simulant / Glass
Turquenite (Dyed Howlite)
Dyed Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 (Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide)
mineral
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product/Ferrous Slag
Mineral-like Industrial Smelting Waste
Pumice
Pumicite / Vesicular Rhyolite
igneous
Pumice
Pumice (a vesicular volcanic glass)
igneous
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock - Arenite
sedimentary
Slag
Ferrous slag (by-product of iron smelting)
Mineraloid / Anthropogenic
Asphalt (Aggregate)
Bituminous macadam / Concrete Aggregate
sedimentary
Siltstone
Siltstone (primarily composed of microcrystalline Quartz and Feldspar)
sedimentary
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
metamorphic