Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial deposit)
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Industrial Byproduct (Anthropogenic Material)
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Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
mineral
Ferrochrome Slag
Industrial Glassy Slag (Fe-Cr alloy byproduct)
Antropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Cupronickel (on a 1981 Mexico 20 Pesos coin)
Copper-Nickel Alloy (Cu75Ni25)
mineral
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
mineral-like (anthropogenic)
Cobalt Blue Glass / Cullet Glass
Silicon dioxide (Amorphous man-made glass)
mineral
Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
sedimentary
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Man-made)
mineraloid
Iron Slag
Iron Slag (Industrial Vitreous Material)
Mineral/By-product
Ferrous Slag (Iron Smelting By-product)
Fused Siliceous Slag
Anthropogenic Material (Man-made Rock)
Cullet Glass (Man-made Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with chemical additives
Mineraloid
Slag Glass
Vitreous Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock)
Green Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial Glass Byproduct)
Synthetic/Byproduct (Non-igneous, non-sedimentary, non-metamorphic)
Efflorescence (on Clay Brick)
Crystalline salt deposits (typically Sodium Sulfate Na2SO4, Calcium Carbonate CaCO3, or Potassium Sulfate K2SO4)
Mineral precipitate (anthropogenic context)
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
man-made glass / industrial byproduct
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron Silicate
mineral
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Anthropgenic (Industrial Byproduct)
Asphalt concrete
Anthropogenic conglomerate
sedimentary
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)
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
Possible flint or slag fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), or iron-rich industrial slag
mineral
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Antropogenic rock (Man-made)
Asphalt (Bituminous Pavement Bit)
Bitumen-bound aggregate (Petrochemical-bound composite)
sedimentary (anthropogenic/technogenic)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
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
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
Antropogenic (Man-made glass byproduct)
Concrete with Exposed Aggregate
Anthropogenic conglomerate (Concrete)
man-made rock (sedimentary analogue)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Composite material (bitumen binder with mineral aggregate)
man-made rock (technosol)
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Mineraloid
Asphalt (Aggregate)
Bituminous macadam / Concrete Aggregate
sedimentary
Rounded metallic-looking pebble, likely iron-rich rock or slag
Uncertain; possible limonite/goethite-rich ironstone, hematite-bearing material, or industrial slag
mineral
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
mineraloid
Likely industrial slag or weathered basalt
Basaltic rock; possibly iron-rich furnace slag (diagnosis uncertain from image)
igneous
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
sedimentary
Concrete Fragment
Artificial Conglomerate (Cement and Aggregate)
sedimentary
Asphalt Conglomerate
Artificial Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Chert (Arrowhead Shard)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
sedimentary
Slag
Metallurgical Slag
igneous
Red Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Antropogenic (Man-made material)