Libyan Desert Glass
Tektite (high-silica impact glass), SiO2
mineral
Category
Man Made Glass (Often Grouped With Minerals In Lapidary)
Browse man made glass (often grouped with minerals in lapidary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite or Goethite inclusions
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
mineraloid (man-made)
Opalite
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Aura Quartz (Pink/Rose Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) bonded with Platinum and/or Silver
mineral
Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineraloid
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Avanturine Glass (or Aventurine Glass)
Synthetic Glass
Ferro-slag (Leland Blue/Slag Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica (Industrial Slag)
igneous
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Anthropogenic (Man-made)
Asphalt / Road Aggregate
Bituminous Conglomerate (synthetic)
sedimentary
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Fused glass (typically made of dolomite and metal opacifiers)
Man-made Material / Glass
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
sedimentary (anthropogenic / man-made)
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineral
Bouncy Ball (Synthetic Rubber Polymer)
Polybutadiene / Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Synthetic material (Not a rock or mineral)
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
Synthetic/Man-made Glass
Not a geological specimen
N/A (man-made object)
N/A
Opalite
Synthetically produced glass (Silicon Dioxide with metallic inclusions)
Mineraloid (Man-made Glass)
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Opal)
Synthetic Silica Glass
mineraloid (synthetic)
Slag
Anthropogenic glassy silicate
Mineral-like byproduct
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
mineraloid / man-made glass
Metal Chain Belt with Square Plates
Not applicable (man-made)
Man-made Object (Metalwork)
Libyan Desert Glass
Libyan Desert Glass (SiO2 with trace elements)
mineral (impactite)
Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Mineraloid / Industrial Byproduct
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product/Ferrous Slag
Mineral-like Industrial Smelting Waste
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Mineral (Synthetic / Man-made)
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
mineral
Fluorite (Polished Point/Tower)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
mineral
Pyrite in Quartz (Drill Core)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2) inclusions
igneous/metamorphic (hydrothermal)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Mineraloid (synthetic)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Cullet)
Man-made Silicate Glass with Cobalt Oxide (CoO)
mineraloid
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Goethite inclusions
mineral
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
mineral
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
mineral
Asphalt (Road Aggregate)
Asphalt concrete / Bituminous mixture
anthropogenic sedimentary (technolith)
Concretion (Sandstone)
Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
sedimentary
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
mineral (synthetic)
Goldstone (Red/Brown)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 with Copper inclusions)
Mineral (Man-made glass)
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
mineral
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Anthropgenic (Industrial Byproduct)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass (Silicon Dioxide)
mineraloid (man-made)
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Byproduct of smelting)
Antropogenic (Man-made)