Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 with Iron Oxide)
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Browse man made glass (often grouped with minerals in lapidary) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 with Iron Oxide)
Tumbled jasper, likely ocean or brecciated jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material
Goldstone
Man-made glass infused with metallic copper
Milky quartz (rough quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass weathering product
Goldstone (Red/Brown)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 with Copper inclusions)
Blue Slag Glass
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron oxides
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silicate-rich)
Concrete rubble
Anthropogenic conglomerate
Green Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Glass
Likely tumbled or cut quartz/chalcedony fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably microcrystalline quartz or quartz
Concrete fragment or Conglomerate
Artificial Conglomerate (Concrete) or Natural Conglomerate
One Pound Coin (UK)
Nickel-Brass Alloy (Cu-Zn-Ni)
Blue opalite glass (likely man-made)
Opalite glass; a silica-based amorphous glass, not natural opal
Cullet Glass (Strawberry Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Man-made Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Glassy Residue
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Blue Sandstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and copper inclusions
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
Tumbled clear quartz (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Yellow chalcedony (likely polished/tumbled pieces)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; commonly called yellow jasper or silicified limestone depending on exact texture
Clear quartz crystal (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Polished obsidian
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic SiO₂
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete (Anthropic Rock)
White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
Unidentified translucent crystal/mineral fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂), but visual identification is uncertain
Carved Stone Turtle
Carved Soapstone and Quartz
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Tumbled brown jasper (probable)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide impurities
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (typically Quartz/Silica with Iron Oxide)
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
Man-made glass containing cuprous oxide
Slag (Industrial Glass/Glassy Rock)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Material
Cubic Zirconia (Diamond Simulant)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)