White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
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Browse man made glass (not a natural rock or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
Asphalt Chunk (Bituminous Concrete)
Aggregated Bitumen / Artificial Breccia
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Clear Quartz Sphere (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mystic Topaz (Treated Quartz or Topaz)
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2] with thin-film metallic coating
Goldstone
Aventurine glass
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
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.)
Unidentified gray stone/concrete-like fragment
Indeterminate; likely a fine-grained carbonate or cementitious geological fragment
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
Goldstone beads (likely brown goldstone)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral. Often sold as “aventurine glass.”
Pink Quartz / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Synthetic Resin Charm (Seal Shape)
Polymer Resin with plastic glitter / Polyethylene terephthalate glitters
Blue Slag Glass
Man-made Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Blue opalite glass (likely man-made)
Opalite glass; a silica-based amorphous glass, not natural opal
Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Tumbled quartz pebble
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Man-made Polished Porcelain Tile (Artificial Geologic Lookalike)
Fused Silicate Ceramic with Alumina (Synthetic Kaolinite derivative)
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland Cement Composite
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Green glass-like mineral specimen, likely fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), if natural; appearance may also indicate colored glass
Aura Quartz (Titanium-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Goldstone (blue/black aventurine glass)
Man-made aventurine glass; silica glass containing metallic copper or other glittering inclusions
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Likely iron-rich slag or weathered ironstone fragment
Uncertain; possibly iron oxide–rich material (hematite/goethite) or industrial iron slag
Quartz (likely milky quartz or quartz glass-like fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Amorphized Silicon Dioxide)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (Cupriferous glass)
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Opalite-style pendant (likely synthetic glass, not natural opal)
Opalescent glass; commonly sold as “opalite” (not a recognized mineral species)
Concrete / Anthropogenic Conglomerate
Man-made composite material (Portland cement, aggregate, and water)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
Slag
Metallurgical Slag
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite or Goethite inclusions
Concrete fragment with Aggregate
Anthropogenic Concrete with Calcarious and Siliceous Aggregate
Likely clear quartz pebble or glassy quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)