Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
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Browse industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock like material) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
Coal
Carbonaceous sedimentary rock
Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Botryoidal chalcedony (likely moss or plume agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony with possible iron/manganese inclusions
Granodiorite / Granite
Granodiorite (containing Quartz SiO2, Plagioclase Feldspar, and Biotite)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite with Iron Oxide cement
Sandstone
Arenite (compositionally various, primarily SiO2)
Conglomeratic gravel / polymictic breccia
Polymictic rudite, likely anthropogenic or beach/stream gravel; composition varies
Synthetic Wolf Plush (Non-mineral)
Canis lupus similis (Prop material: Polyester & Synthetic fibers)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based)
Iron-stained quartz-bearing rock fragment
Likely quartz with iron-oxide staining; exact rock type cannot be determined from the image
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Human-processed soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral or rock
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Chalcedony/Agate variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Weathered metallic sulfide ore, likely pyrite-bearing rock
Pyrite (FeS₂), possibly in a quartz–iron-oxide host
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Basalt
Mafic Igneous Pebble
Granite Pebble
Granite (Phaneritic intrusive igneous rock comprising Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica)
Milky Quartz
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Laterite (Iron-rich bauxite or Gossan)
Ferricrete (Fe2O3·nH2O)
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Small dark mineral fragment, possibly mica or a metallic sulfide
Unidentified from image; possible biotite mica or iron sulfide (pyrite-group)
Dalmatian jasper (often sold as Dalmatian stone)
Porphyritic alkali feldspar–quartz syenite, commonly with black arfvedsonite/aegirine-group amphibole inclusions
Granitoid (Granitic Rock)
Granitoid (Quartzo-feldspathic plutonic rock)
Blue tumbled glass-like specimen; likely blue slag glass
Likely man-made glass (silicate glass), not a natural mineral; exact material cannot be confirmed from the image
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Silicified oyster fossil
Fossil oyster shell, commonly Ostrea or Crassostrea, replaced or encrusted by chalcedony/quartz
Sulfur
Native Sulfur (S)
Sulfur (with Matrix)
Native Sulfur (S8)
Sandstone (Pebble)
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (Quartzose Sandstone)
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (Ferruginous Sandstone)
Mudstone
Lutylite (group of fine-grained sedimentary rocks)
Possible basalt or iron-rich slag
Basalt (tentative; identification uncertain from image)
Sandstone (with Iron Staining)
Sandstone (mainly Quartz, SiO2, with Iron Oxides like Goethite/Hematite)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 principal)
Sandstone
Arenite (primarily SiO2)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Pavement)
Aggregates in Bitumen Matrix