Asphalt Chunk (with aggregate)
Bituminous concrete / Anthropogenic conglomerate
sedimentary (anthropogenic/man-made conglomerate)
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Industrial Byproduct (Anthropogenic Material)
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Concrete / Conglomerate (Man-made)
Artificial Conglomerate (Cementitious Composite)
sedimentary
Green Obsidian Slag Glass
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
mineral
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete / Asphaltic Composite
not a natural rock (man-made composite)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial deposit)
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Byproduct)
mineraloid
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
mineral
Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
sedimentary
Ferrochrome Slag
Industrial Glassy Slag (Fe-Cr alloy byproduct)
Antropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
mineral-like (anthropogenic)
Iron Slag
Iron Slag (Industrial Vitreous Material)
Mineral/By-product
Cobalt Blue Glass / Cullet Glass
Silicon dioxide (Amorphous man-made glass)
mineral
Cupronickel (on a 1981 Mexico 20 Pesos coin)
Copper-Nickel Alloy (Cu75Ni25)
mineral
Green Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial Glass Byproduct)
Synthetic/Byproduct (Non-igneous, non-sedimentary, non-metamorphic)
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Man-made)
mineraloid
Ferrous Slag (Iron Smelting By-product)
Fused Siliceous Slag
Anthropogenic Material (Man-made Rock)
Blue Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2) with cobalt colorants
mineral
Cullet Glass (Man-made Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with chemical additives
Mineraloid
Slag Glass
Vitreous Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock)
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
man-made glass / industrial byproduct
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron Silicate
mineral
Efflorescence (on Clay Brick)
Crystalline salt deposits (typically Sodium Sulfate Na2SO4, Calcium Carbonate CaCO3, or Potassium Sulfate K2SO4)
Mineral precipitate (anthropogenic context)
Asphalt concrete
Anthropogenic conglomerate
sedimentary
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Anthropgenic (Industrial Byproduct)
Note on Image Identification: Textile
N/A (Anthropogenic material)
not a rock
Green Glass Slag
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide impurities
mineraloid (man-made)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Antropogenic rock (Man-made)
Synthetic Faux Fur Fursuit
Polyacrylonitrile / Polyester (Synthetic Textile)
not a rock (synthetic material/costume)
Ferruginous Slag (Iron Smelting Byproduct)
Fused Silicate Scoria (Amorphous mixture of FeO, SiO2, and CaO)
Antropogenic Glass / Mineraloid
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Possible flint or slag fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), or iron-rich industrial slag
mineral
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
Antropogenic (Man-made glass byproduct)
Asphalt (Bituminous Pavement Bit)
Bitumen-bound aggregate (Petrochemical-bound composite)
sedimentary (anthropogenic/technogenic)
Concrete with Exposed Aggregate
Anthropogenic conglomerate (Concrete)
man-made rock (sedimentary analogue)
Slag (Industrial Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silicate Glass (often containing Al, Ca, Mg, and Ti oxides)
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Green Slag Glass
Cullet (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Man-made rock-like material
Silicon Carbide
Silicon Carbide (Moissanite / Carborundum), SiC
mineral
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Composite material (bitumen binder with mineral aggregate)
man-made rock (technosol)
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
sedimentary
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Mineraloid
Rounded metallic-looking pebble, likely iron-rich rock or slag
Uncertain; possible limonite/goethite-rich ironstone, hematite-bearing material, or industrial slag
mineral
Likely industrial slag or weathered basalt
Basaltic rock; possibly iron-rich furnace slag (diagnosis uncertain from image)
igneous