Asphalt concrete
Anthropogenic conglomerate
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Browse industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock like material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Asphalt concrete
Anthropogenic conglomerate
Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Basalt or Slag
Extrusive Igneous Rock / Industrial Slag
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Green Obsidian Slag Glass
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Slag
Metallurgical Slag
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Green sea glass or green glass-like tumbled material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely anthropogenic soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Green sea glass (likely)
Anthropogenic glass, not a mineral; composition commonly soda–lime silicate glass
Asphalt Conglomerate
Artificial Bituminous Conglomerate
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement)
Bituminous concrete / Asphalt
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal Waste)
Artificial silicate/ferro-silicate byproduct
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
Ferrochrome Slag
Industrial Glassy Slag (Fe-Cr alloy byproduct)
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
Metal Chain (Likely Steel or a Steel Alloy)
Steel (primarily iron and carbon); specific alloy unknown
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Blue Glass or Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic Glass)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Cullet)
Man-made Silicate Glass with Cobalt Oxide (CoO)
Iron Slag
Iron Slag (Industrial Vitreous Material)
Slag Glass
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with impurities
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Red Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Likely weathered iron-rich rock or slag fragment
Uncertain; possibly limonite/goethite-rich material (FeO(OH)·nH₂O)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Composite material (bitumen binder with mineral aggregate)
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Byproduct of smelting)
Possible industrial slag or basaltic volcanic glass
Likely iron-rich vitreous slag; natural alternative: basaltic glass (tachylite)
Concrete-like aggregate surface with embedded rock fragments
Anthropogenic concrete or exposed aggregate; not a natural rock specimen
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
Concrete / Anthropogenic Conglomerate
Man-made composite material (Portland cement, aggregate, and water)
Rounded metallic-looking pebble, likely iron-rich rock or slag
Uncertain; possible limonite/goethite-rich ironstone, hematite-bearing material, or industrial slag
Tiffany Stone
Bertrandite Fluorite (CaF2 + Be4Si2O7(OH)2)
Nutting Stone / Cupstone (Sandstone or Quartzite)
Sedimentary rock with anthropogenic modification (cupule)
Chert (Arrowhead Shard)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicate (Man-made)
Synthetic Costume Accessory (Non-Geological)
Polyester and Acrylic Fiber (Anthropogenic polymer)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Conglomerate (Cement mixture: typically Ca2SiO4, Ca3SiO5, Ca3Al2O6)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Aqua Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) bonded with Gold (Au)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete (Anthropic Rock)
Ferrosilicon Slag (Industrial Vitrified Glass)
Vitreous Silicate Residue
Likely industrial slag or weathered basalt
Basaltic rock; possibly iron-rich furnace slag (diagnosis uncertain from image)