Green Glass Cullet / Recycled Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various metal oxides
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Green Glass Cullet / Recycled Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various metal oxides
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Synthetic copper-bearing soda-lime glass; commonly sold as red goldstone
Green glass-like cabochon, likely synthetic glass or resin
Unidentified green transparent material; possibly molded glass, synthetic spinel, or resin
Goldstone and pink quartz bead strands
Goldstone is aventurescent copper-bearing glass; pink beads are likely rose quartz (SiO₂), though dyed or glass imitations are possible
Green glass sphere/marble
Soda-lime glass (primarily SiO2, Na2O, CaO)
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Opalite (a synthetic glass)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various additives; not a true mineral but a man-made gem simulant
Blue glassy fragment among beach gravel
Likely cobalt-blue man-made glass; not a natural mineral specimen
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Unidentified gray rock fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly quartz- or feldspar-rich silicate material
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Opalite (likely man-made glass)
Opalite; amorphous silica glass, not a natural mineral
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and metal flecks
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass / Opalized Glass
Man-made Metal Pin (Non-geological)
Antimony-Lead Alloy or Zinc/Brass Base with Electroplating
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Fused glass (typically made of dolomite and metal opacifiers)
Not a rock, mineral, or geological specimen
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Opalite
Man-made opalized glass
N/A - Non-Geological Item
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite (Man-made glass)
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
Green Obsidian Sphere (man-made glass)
Vitreous Silica with Chromium/Iron additives
Opalite
Synthetic glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline-to-massive variety
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
Black Obsidian
Amorphous volcanic glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opaque silicious glass
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
ABS Plastic (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
(C8H8)x·(C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic oxide impurities
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass