Rough Sapphire (Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3)
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Browse man made glass specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Rough Sapphire (Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Luminous Stone (Glow-in-the-dark Synthetic/Man-made Stone)
Strontium Aluminate tinted glass or resin (Crystalline silicate/oxide mix)
Pink Granite
Phaneritic Felsic Igneous Rock (Granite)
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Slag Glass
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert / Jasper
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
Chert
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
Aventurine
Aventurine Quartz (SiO2 with inclusions of Fuchsite)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sea Glass (Frosted Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various additives
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Faceted Glass (Costume Jewelry)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide with colorants (Glass)
Red Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Goldstone (Synthetic Aventurescence Glass)
Cuprous Aventurescent Glass (Silicon Dioxide with Copper inclusions)
Chert (varietal: Flint/Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic glass with Cristobalite inclusions (70–75% SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Quartzite
Metamorphic Rock (Mainly SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic glass
Artificial Rock Face (Faux Rock)
Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Malaysian 50 Sen Coin
Coinage (specific alloy unknown without metallurgical analysis, but typically brass or bronze for this denomination and era)
Black Chert River Stone
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Precious Coral (Red Coral)
Corallium rubrum (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert or Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Obsidian (Black)
Obsidian (High-silica volcanic glass)
Pearl
Biogenic CaCO3 (Aragonite and Calcite)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (varietal Chalcedony or Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Quartz Pebble (Beach Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2)
Sea Glass (Uranium/Vaseline Glass variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Uranium Oxide (U3O8)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2, often with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
Chert (Jasper variation)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Jasper Marble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Impurities
Chert Arrowhead
Chert (Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz, SiO2)
Chert / Flint
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)