Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Category
Browse man made composite (lithified equivalent of sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Chert (Arrowheads)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Mother of Pearl (Nacre) / Shell Fragment
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin)
Concrete Fragment
Artificial Conglomerate (Cement and Aggregate)
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Rounded gray-brown cobble, likely weathered sandstone or quartzite
Tentatively quartz-rich sandstone (SiO₂-dominated); exact identification requires hardness and acid tests
Metal Chain Belt with Square Plates
Not applicable (man-made)
Synthetic Resin Charm (Seal Shape)
Polymer Resin with plastic glitter / Polyethylene terephthalate glitters
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Porcelain (Stoneware Ceramic)
Mullite / Silica-glass composite (Al6Si2O13)
Weathered conglomeratic river cobble
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia, likely matrix-supported
Asphalt Chunk
Asphalt concrete
Concrete fragment with Aggregate
Anthropogenic Concrete with Calcarious and Siliceous Aggregate
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
One Pound Coin (UK)
Nickel-Brass Alloy (Cu-Zn-Ni)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
Sandstone Concretion
Limonitic Sandstone Concretion
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
Green Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (weathered)
Chert Arrowhead (Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chert or Flint)
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
Diabase (Greenstone)
Diabase (also known as Dolerite)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Amorphized Silicon Dioxide)
Concretion (Sandstone)
Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland cement and mineral aggregate
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C) or relevant simulant formula (e.g., ZrO2 for Cubic Zirconia)
Rainbow Hematite Ring
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) with thin-film coating
Concrete with Aggregate
Artificial Conglomerate (Cement and Aggregate)
Quartz (Engineered Quartz Surface)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) based composite
Tumbled Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Chalky Flint Node)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Not a geological specimen
N/A (man-made object)
ABS Plastic (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
(C8H8)x·(C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z
Nacre (Mother of Pearl)
Nacre (Biogenic Aragonite/Calcite composite, CaCO3)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete (Anthropic Rock)
Gabbro
Gabbro (Mg, Fe)2Si2O6 / (Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8
Crushed Stone (Likely Limestone or Granite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for Limestone / Quartz and Feldspar for Granite