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Browse industrial byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone
Arenite
Grey Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Magnesite (Howlite imitation)
Magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) with dye
Sandstone with Foliose Lichen
Arenite (Rock matrix) with Xanthoparmelia or Flavoparmelia (Lichen genus)
Diamond (Cluster Ring)
Carbon (C)
Almandine Garnet (weathered)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Rough Corundum (likely Sapphire/Zircon-bearing)
Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3)
Milky Quartz (Water-Worn Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
Basalt with Sulfide/Pyrite inclusion
Aphanitic Mafic Igneous Rock (likely Basalt) with Pyrite (FeS2)
Rainbow Fluorite
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Blue Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Gold and Diamond
Native Gold (Au) and Diamond (C)
Garnet Schist
Almandine Garnet Schist
Magnetite / Ironstone
Iron(II,III) oxide (Fe3O4)
Ferruginous Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Limonite impurities
Blue Lepidolite
Lepidolite (K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sandstone (Ferruginous)
Arenite (composed primarily of SiO2 with Fe2O3 cement)
Quartz with Mica inclusion
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Muscovite/Biotite inclusions
Yellow Calcite (Banded Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Porphyritic Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Magnetite / Iron Ore
Magnetite (Fe3O4)
Orange Calcite (Banded Honey Calcite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Bauxite
Hydrated Aluminum Oxides (primarily Gibbsite Al(OH)3, Boehmite γ-AlO(OH), and Diaspore α-AlO(OH))
Sodalite
Sodalite - Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Sapphire
Corundum (Al2O3)
Golden Healer Quartz
Ferruginous Quartz (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Sandstone (lithic wacke)
Arenite / Lithic Wacke (mostly SiO2 with rock fragments)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Quartz with inclusions
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within Sedimentary/Metamorphic Matrix
Apache Tear
Obsidian (Hydrated Silica Rich Volcanic Glass)
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Agate
Chalcedony (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Quartz with Mica (Gneissic or Pegmatitic origin)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Phyllosilicates (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2)
Dolomite on Prehnite (Saddle-shaped Dolomite)
Dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2] on Prehnite [Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2]
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)