Costume Jewelry with Synthetic Gemstones
Synthetic Cubic Zirconia and Glass (SiO2 / ZrO2)
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Browse man made glass (not a natural rock or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Costume Jewelry with Synthetic Gemstones
Synthetic Cubic Zirconia and Glass (SiO2 / ZrO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Opal)
Synthetic Silica Glass
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
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Faceted glass-like gemstone (likely synthetic quartz or cubic zirconia)
Identification uncertain; possibilities include synthetic quartz (SiO₂) or cubic zirconia (ZrO₂)
Colorless quartz crystal (likely quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
White pebble, likely quartz or calcite
Indeterminate from image; possible microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
Blue Goldstone
Goldstone (artificial glass)
Possible obsidian or slag glass
Volcanic glass, primarily SiO₂; alternatively industrial iron-rich glassy slag
Aura Quartz (Titanium/Rainbow Quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with metallic coating
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass (SiO2 + additives)
Concrete / Conglomerate (Man-made)
Artificial Conglomerate (Cementitious Composite)
Opalite crescent pendant
Opalite (man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral)
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Byproduct)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
Beads (likely glass or man-made material)
N/A (artificial material)
Opalite
Opalescent Glass (SiO2 + coloring agents)
Polished black pebble, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Not a geological specimen
N/A (man-made object)
Unidentified gray stone/concrete-like fragment
Indeterminate; likely a fine-grained carbonate or cementitious geological fragment
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Asphalt (Bituminous Pavement)
Bituminous mix (Aggregates with Bitumen binder)
Tumbled white chalcedony (likely milky quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (clastic sedimentary rock)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass (Silicon Dioxide)
Aventurine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide colorants
Asphalt Chunk (Bituminous Concrete)
Aggregated Bitumen / Artificial Breccia
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
Mystic Topaz (Treated Quartz or Topaz)
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2] with thin-film metallic coating
Chakra Stone (Composite / Man-made Bonded Gemstones)
Composite of Quartz, Lapis Lazuli, Aventurine, Tiger's Eye, and Jasper (SiO2, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, etc.)
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral (commonly sold as blue/brown goldstone)
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)