Opalite Egg
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Category
Browse man made composite (lithified equivalent of sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Opalite Egg
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Polymer Clay (Mock Mineral)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with plasticizers and pigment
Opalite
Opalescent Glass (SiO2 + coloring agents)
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and metal flecks
White pebble, likely quartz or calcite
Indeterminate from image; possible microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
Polished blue glassy mineral specimen, likely sodalite or blue aventurine
Most consistent with sodalite (Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂), though dyed quartzite or blue glass cannot be excluded from the photograph
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
Blue glassy gemstone-like specimen
Indeterminate; possibly dyed or treated turquoise, blue apatite, or man-made glass
Decorative gemstone-chip jewelry (likely turquoise, coral, and assorted beads)
Predominantly turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O; other pieces appear to be dyed coral or red stone, and possibly shell/metal components
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (man-made glass weathered by nature)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with cobalt and copper inclusions
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide colorants
Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Lava Rock with Fabric Impression
Scoria or Basalt with anthropogenic impressions
Fossilized crinoid columnal (likely)
Crinoidea; commonly preserved as calcite (CaCO₃)
Green-and-white terrazzo (likely serpentine/marble aggregate)
Composite decorative stone; probable serpentinite (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄) with white calcite marble fragments in cementitious matrix
Small rounded mineral pebble, possibly quartz
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline or crystalline SiO₂ (quartz), potentially with iron-oxide staining
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Basalt
Basalt
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline-to-massive variety
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron oxides
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline variety possible
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Porcelain (White Ceramic)
Mullite-bearing Vitrified Ceramic (Major phases: Mullite Al6Si2O13, Glassy Silica SiO2)
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Vesicular basalt (weathered scoria)
Scoriaceous basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and iron-titanium oxides
Red-orange jasper pebble (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Terrazzo (Synthetic Composite Rock)
Cementitious or Epoxy Resin-bound Aggregates