Blue chalcedony (likely dyed or treated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
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Blue chalcedony (likely dyed or treated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Fused glass (typically made of dolomite and metal opacifiers)
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Green glassy mineral fragment, possibly fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), tentative identification
Pink Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
Purple glassy pebble, possibly slag glass
Unidentified; likely man-made glass rather than a natural mineral
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Cullet Glass (Industrial Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with metallic oxide impurities
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Black beaded bracelet, likely black onyx or glass
Possibly chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂); the beads may instead be man-made glass
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Glass / Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
SiO2 (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Small rounded mineral pebble, possibly quartz
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline or crystalline SiO₂ (quartz), potentially with iron-oxide staining
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Concretion with Geode Cavity
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline variety possible
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral (commonly sold as blue/brown goldstone)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)