Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
Category
Browse man made composite (lithified equivalent of sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Small pebble, likely limestone
Unidentified carbonate pebble, possibly micritic limestone (calcite, CaCO₃)
Brick
Fired clay or Ceramic material (no specific mineralogical scientific name as it's a composite)
Chert (Arrowheads)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Concrete Fragment
Artificial Conglomerate (Cement and Aggregate)
Opalite
Synthesized glass / Silicon dioxide glass
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Simulated opal
Mother of Pearl (Nacre) / Shell Fragment
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin)
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Metal Chain Belt with Square Plates
Not applicable (man-made)
Synthetic Resin Charm (Seal Shape)
Polymer Resin with plastic glitter / Polyethylene terephthalate glitters
Rounded gray-brown cobble, likely weathered sandstone or quartzite
Tentatively quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂-dominated); exact identification requires hardness and acid tests
Opalite (likely man-made glass)
Opalite is a trade name for opalescent glass, not a natural mineral; composition is typically silica glass with additives
Porcelain (Stoneware Ceramic)
Mullite / Silica-glass composite (Al6Si2O13)
Blue goldstone (man-made glass)
Copper-bearing aventurine glass; synthetic silicate glass
Asphalt Chunk
Asphalt concrete
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
One Pound Coin (UK)
Nickel-Brass Alloy (Cu-Zn-Ni)
Concrete fragment with Aggregate
Anthropogenic Concrete with Calcarious and Siliceous Aggregate
Green Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (weathered)
Weathered conglomeratic river cobble
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia, likely matrix-supported
Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
Sandstone Concretion
Limonitic Sandstone Concretion
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
Chert Arrowhead (Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chert or Flint)
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opaque silicious glass
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by wave action)
Diabase (Greenstone)
Diabase (also known as Dolerite)
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C) or relevant simulant formula (e.g., ZrO2 for Cubic Zirconia)
Quartz (Engineered Quartz Surface)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) based composite
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Amorphized Silicon Dioxide)
Concretion (Sandstone)
Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland cement and mineral aggregate
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Rainbow Hematite Ring
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) with thin-film coating