Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Category
Browse man made material (anthro lithic product) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Baked-clay ceramic fragment (likely brick or pottery)
Fired clay, primarily aluminosilicate minerals; not a natural rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Rock (Paraconglomerate)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz SiO2)
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Yellow cabochon gemstone, likely citrine or yellow glass imitation
Quartz (SiO₂), if natural citrine; visual evidence is insufficient to exclude man-made glass or resin
Blue glassy tumbled stone, likely blue chalcedony or slag glass
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly man-made blue glass
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
Greywacke
Lithic Sandstone (Greywacke)
Chert (Arrowhead)
Chert (SiO2)
Jewelry Chain with Blue and Clear Gemstones (Likely Cubic Zirconia)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO₂), Silver or White Gold/Platinum Alloy
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Titanium Amethyst Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium/Metal Vapor Deposition Layer
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
Green Glass (often marketed as 'Obsidian' or 'Green Quartz')
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with copper or chromium additives
Tuff with Quartz and Calcite Veining
Lithic Tuff (Silicified)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Terrazzo (with Marble and Granite fragments)
Cementitious or resinous composite containing Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) and Silicates
Chert / Flint
Cryptocrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Polished green-and-black banded cabochon (likely malachite imitation or dyed agate)
Uncertain; possible malachite (Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂), banded agate (SiO₂), or man-made glass
Dyed Blue Agate (Dragon Vein Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial cobalt/organic dyes
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Carved Stone Turtle
Carved Soapstone and Quartz
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Small clear crystal, possibly quartz or glass-like gemstone
Uncertain; likely quartz (SiO₂), but the image is insufficient to exclude man-made glass or cubic zirconia
Opalite
Synthetic glass (SiO2 + metal additions)
Raw quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky or included quartz
Tumbled black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian; volcanic glass, typically rhyolitic composition (SiO₂-rich)
Dumortierite Quartz
Dumortierite in Quartz (Al6O3(BO3)(SiO4)3)
Metallic sulfide mineral fragment, likely galena
Galena (lead sulfide, PbS), tentative identification
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Blue tumbled glass-like specimen; likely blue slag glass
Likely man-made glass (silicate glass), not a natural mineral; exact material cannot be confirmed from the image
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural form)
Sandstone (Greywacke/Lithic Sandstone)
Arenite / Lithic Sandstone
Greywacke
Lithic Sandstone (Greywacke)
Milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)