Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
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Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Green sea glass or green glass-like tumbled material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely anthropogenic soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Asphalt Conglomerate
Artificial Bituminous Conglomerate
Ferrochrome Slag
Industrial Glassy Slag (Fe-Cr alloy byproduct)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
Metal Chain (Likely Steel or a Steel Alloy)
Steel (primarily iron and carbon); specific alloy unknown
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal Waste)
Artificial silicate/ferro-silicate byproduct
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement)
Bituminous concrete / Asphalt
Likely weathered iron-rich rock or slag fragment
Uncertain; possibly limonite/goethite-rich material (FeO(OH)·nH₂O)
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
Iron Slag
Iron Slag (Industrial Vitreous Material)
Slag Glass
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with impurities
Cobalt Glass Slug (Cullet)
Man-made Silicate Glass with Cobalt Oxide (CoO)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Composite material (bitumen binder with mineral aggregate)
Red Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Blue Glass or Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic Glass)
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Possible industrial slag or basaltic volcanic glass
Likely iron-rich vitreous slag; natural alternative: basaltic glass (tachylite)
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)
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Byproduct of smelting)
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
Concrete-like aggregate surface with embedded rock fragments
Anthropogenic concrete or exposed aggregate; not a natural rock specimen
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicate (Man-made)
Chert (Arrowhead Shard)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Nutting Stone / Cupstone (Sandstone or Quartzite)
Sedimentary rock with anthropogenic modification (cupule)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete (Anthropic Rock)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Aqua Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) bonded with Gold (Au)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Conglomerate (Cement mixture: typically Ca2SiO4, Ca3SiO5, Ca3Al2O6)
Synthetic Costume Accessory (Non-Geological)
Polyester and Acrylic Fiber (Anthropogenic polymer)
Likely industrial slag or weathered basalt
Basaltic rock; possibly iron-rich furnace slag (diagnosis uncertain from image)
Ferrosilicon Slag (Industrial Vitrified Glass)
Vitreous Silicate Residue
Blue Slag Glass
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Slag Glass
Glassy Silicate Residue
Copper slag or vesicular basalt with copper minerals
Industrial slag / Basaltic matrix with secondary copper minerals
Chert (Arrowhead Artifact)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Arrowhead (Lithic Tool)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2) - Archeological lithic artifact
Likely weathered metallic mineral or slag fragment
Uncertain; possibly limonite/goethite-coated iron mineral, or industrial iron slag
Possible obsidian or slag glass
Volcanic glass, primarily SiO₂; alternatively industrial iron-rich glassy slag