Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Category
Browse man made composite (lithified equivalent of sedimentary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Likely clear quartz crystal or glass-like gemstone
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the strongly magenta-lit image
Fossilized coral with attached shell
Likely fossil coral (Scleractinia or Tabulata), with a bivalve or gastropod shell; exact identification requires microscopy
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Metallic sulfide mineral fragment, likely galena
Galena (lead sulfide, PbS), tentative identification
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite inclusions)
Slag
Anthropogenic glassy silicate
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)
Ocean Jasper Mushroom
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 mixed with various impurities)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
Opalite glass sphere (likely synthetic imitation)
Man-made opalescent glass; not natural opal
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
Green Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica glass)
Colorless quartz crystal (likely quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Obsidian (Black)
Obsidian (High-silica volcanic glass)
Turquoise-style beaded bracelet
Turquoise, hydrated copper–aluminum phosphate: CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O; possibly dyed or composite beads
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with crystalline copper/cobalt inclusions
Bismuth Crystal
Bismuth (Bi)
Aura Rose Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Titanium/Gold coating)
Cubic Zirconia
Cubic Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Aura Quartz (Titanium-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert/jasper
Beads (likely glass or man-made material)
N/A (artificial material)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Libyan Desert Glass
Tektite (high-silica impact glass), SiO2
Zinc Alloy (Silver-plated)
Zinc Alloy Casting (Zn-Al-Mg-Cu)
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
Tumbled white chalcedony (likely milky quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide infused with Copper crystals)
Green Quartz / Chrysoprase / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slag Glass
Vitreous Silicate Residue
Clear quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Polished black pebble, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Silica Simulant)